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UNCOMMON CHRIST:
His unique names & titles

The Uncommon Christ: MY JESUS

The Uncommon Christ: MY JESUS

The Uncommon Christ: THE FATHER

The Uncommon Christ: THE FATHER

The Uncommon Christ: HIGH PRIEST & MEDIATOR

The Uncommon Christ: HIGH PRIEST & MEDIATOR

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Featured Post

Mental Illness: God may be Silent, but He's not Absent

Aug 22

Mental Illness: God may be Silent, but He's not Absent

I had another article published by LDS Living (a branch of Deseret Book)! Woot, woot! Here's the tag line: One of the most tragic effects...

Spiritual fatigue & being ALL IN the gospel

Jun 17

Spiritual fatigue & being ALL IN the gospel

Perfect actions and perfect faith are not required to be all in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Just our willingness and effort.

Never let a problem to be solved...

Jun 8, 2021

Never let a problem to be solved...

PERSONAL & VULNERABLE POST AHEAD! When my husband came out to me as gay a number of years ago, I was left to grapple with reconciling...

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“Who can find a virtuous woman?”: Proverbs 31 as you’ve never understood it before

Sep 1
8 min

Found in Translation

“Who can find a virtuous woman?”: Proverbs 31 as you’ve never understood it before

*NOTE: To all of the men reading this, the information here influences your life as much as it does a woman’s. For your sake (and for the...

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Mental Illness: God may be Silent, but He's not Absent

Aug 22
1 min

Found in Translation

Mental Illness: God may be Silent, but He's not Absent

I had another article published by LDS Living (a branch of Deseret Book)! Woot, woot! Here's the tag line: One of the most tragic effects...

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ESTHER: A Modern Verse-by-verse Retelling

Jul 29
1 min

ESTHER: A Modern Verse-by-verse Retelling

When I say I made a verse-by-verse retelling, I mean it. In fact, in many cases it is phrase-by-phrase! It captures every single idea...

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Spiritual fatigue & being ALL IN the gospel

Jun 17
7 min

Spiritual fatigue & being ALL IN the gospel

Perfect actions and perfect faith are not required to be all in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Just our willingness and effort.

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Passover & Cultural Appropriation (+ ANNOUNCEMENT)

Apr 1
1 min

Passover & Cultural Appropriation (+ ANNOUNCEMENT)

Every year when Passover rolls around, I wrestle with the question of whether or not it is cultural appropriation for a Christian to host...

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Ukrainian Latter-day Saints woke up to bombing. Now they're on a mission to serve others

Mar 4
9 min

Tuesday Newsday

Ukrainian Latter-day Saints woke up to bombing. Now they're on a mission to serve others

Two brave Latter-day Saints in Kharkiv, Ukraine, put their faith to work, risking it all to serve others and reunite with loved ones....

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FINITE DISAPPOINTMENTS

Jan 3
3 min

FINITE DISAPPOINTMENTS

Right after Christmas, J and I both tested positive for COVID. The older kids and the puppy went to stay at their dad's while the two of...

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WHAT EVERYONE GETS WRONG ABOUT THE FIRST WORD OF THE BIBLE

Jan 1
3 min

Found in Translation

WHAT EVERYONE GETS WRONG ABOUT THE FIRST WORD OF THE BIBLE

"In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth." Genesis 1:1, King James Version Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et...

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The Legend of the SAND DOLLAR

Dec 24, 2021
1 min

All Things Testify of Christ

The Legend of the SAND DOLLAR

I love to hunt for Mexican keyhole arrowhead sand dollars. There's one place that's a land mine if I'm there in the right season, and I...

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The Hopes & Fears of All the Years

Dec 21, 2021
8 min

The Hopes & Fears of All the Years

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets...

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Deut 1_11 increase you a thousand times.

FEBRUARY 2021

We are always enough. But the Lord can make us a thousand times more than enough.

All that He asks is that we follow and love Him.

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