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Friends, I know many of you are wondering. Lately when we run into folks, it’s the first question (naturally), so I thought it may be helpful to provide a brief update. When we were in Colorado, nearly 2 months ago, things were being held up by the county for building permits. The house was demo’d…
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Psalm 132 had me excited for this week. Admittedly, I did not have as much time to prep and stew on it as I love — I returned from Colorado feeling unusually sick—tired, weak, migraine-ridden, and worn down, with a shorter time chunk on Saturday afternoon. Nevertheless, I was excited for Psalm 132 for the…
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It’s been just over six months since the fire. Sometimes it does hit me that everything is gone and we are untethered. We’ve spent the last week in Colorado, visiting old friends in Colorado Springs, and watching all our little kids become sweet friends, and then exploring in Durango/Vallecito where I spent many happy summers.…
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In a fun twist, the first three Psalms we are studying this summer all deeply exalt the Word of God, so last week we covered Psalm 1, this week Psalm 119 (just Aleph and Beth, v. 1-16), and next week Psalm 19. I am not teaching the next two weeks, we’ll be out in the…
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“The Way of the Righteous and WickedHow blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,Nor stand in the way of sinners,Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!But his delight is in the law of Yahweh,And in His law he meditates day and night.And he will be like a tree…
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This is our last week in 1/2 Peter in our Sunday School Class. Naturally, I lament. I become a bit attached to whatever book we spend three to six months studying. BUT, we are moving onto Psalms next quarter, so that’s fun! This week I found incredibly encouraging. Peter sought to build up the readers…
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I am a week behind in posting this, but I’ll post it with the correct date. This week we were really close to wrapping up our time in 1/2 Peter (which always makes me sad, I get attached to the book we’re studying). Nevertheless, the topic was a firm warning about false teachers, and continued…
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I was out walking tonight in the dark and the rain before bed, and remembered that I haven’t updated in a long time. Because honestly, there hasn’t really been anything to update. However, this week it will have been five months since we lost everything — our home, all we owned, and our sweet sixth…
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Truly, there is a LOT in this section, more than I would have preferred to squeeze into one Sunday Morning. Alas, me sitting down to organize my notes this afternoon is more important, since I sadly had to skip much. Being rather a long section of scripture, I will not copy and paste the entire…
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We are in a battle, yet many of us fail to see it. This week’s lesson I for Sunday School is 1 Peter 5:1-11, there are a couple themes we could pick apart. Initially, it touches on elders and their leadership, the humility needed for their work. Then it builds to the humility needed by…
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