Rethinking Christmas Giving

I've started this post a million times and deleted it because I'm afraid of all the ways it could be misinterpreted, but I just can't stop the words from running through my head, so I think that accounts for something. So please understand my heart behind this post.  It isn't to judge, condemn or call anyone out, I'm simply offering...

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8 Reasons You Should Run a Marathon with Team World Vision

It is no secret for many of you readers that running a marathon was a significant goal for me this year.  It wasn't anything I had ever planned on doing and it wasn't something I ever thought would be possible for me to do, but God had other plans.  I completed my first marathon with Team World Vision on October 5th, and now I want to invite you to do the same.  Here are some reasons that I think you should...

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Journey

Last night I attended Q Commons.  There was an overwhelming amount of thoughts, ideas and reflections shared in a span of two hours.  While I had a lot of thoughts and feelings swirling around in my head, I left with one word in the forefront: journey. I feel like this word has been particularly significant in my own life lately...

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God is Good, ALL THE TIME!

Wow. It has been a day. I'm still collecting my thoughts, and although so much of the day seems like a blur, there is so much good. I really wasn't sure how today was going to go, I think you all know that.  But we had the fun added extra bag of nerves that comes with a 4 year old who was throwing up most of the night.  All...

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Unstoppable

Tomorrow is the day that has been on my mind since January.  Nine months I have waited for this day, just as I waited for each of my precious babies to be born.  I wanted to write something super inspiring tonight, but my head isn't clear enough.  There are all kinds of thoughts swirling through it.  So I'll just reflect...

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Leaves of Change

Yesterday my daughter gave me a leaf.   It has dried up a bit since she gave it to me, but I was instantly fascinated by its beauty. I love how you can still see the green veins running through it, seeing the hint of the life that used to be. As I stared at the leaf, taking in its beauty, I was thinking of how...

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A Little Help From My Friends

This weekend was difficult. Saturday morning the kids and I set up at Summit Ave and West River Parkway to offer nourishment, water and encouragement to my fellow Team World Vision runners as they completed the 20 mile training run in preparation for the Twin Cities Marathon. It was a beautiful day to run, the weather was perfect. ...

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You Are Beautiful

As most of you probably already know, I'm currently training for a marathon.  A marathon that was never anything that I wanted to do, but something I felt God was telling me to do. Here's the thing about training for a marathon, it is HARD.  No one says, hey, let's go run 23 miles because that sounds like a lot of fun, but that...

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