AT THE WATER’S EDGE:
LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
Christianity
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Lessons from Gollum: The Paths of Ill-Gotten Gain
For my 31st birthday, I decided to write down 31 of my favorite proverbs, or wise sayings from the Bible that I had been studying. This year, I am hoping to take a deeper dive into each of them and share some thoughts on them with you here. The first proverb I listed was this:…
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Just One Person
Doctor Who – yes, the inspiration of this blog post! I don’t watch or read the news very often. One of the reasons for that is that it’s often depressing — with media choosing to focus in on the bad stories that show humanity at its worst, leading me to feel like the world is…
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The Christmas Light
I love Christmas time. I love the decorations: trees, lights, poinsettias, wreaths; the sounds: bells, Christmas music, joyful commotion at family gatherings; the smells — fresh pine, peppermint and cloves — mmm, so good! I love how so many people take the time to place some extra emphasis on joy and giving during this season.…
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Wisdom to Live By – 31 Proverbs for 31 Years
31! Starting to look my age? Last year I did a blog post for my 30th birthday with 30 life lessons that I’d learned through life thus far. This year, for 31, I wanted to share a collection of wise sayings, or proverbs, that I’ve been studying. Proverbs are like little nuggets of wisdom, and…
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The Onset of Rheumatoid Disease & How I Cope
**This post is a part of the first annual RA Blog Week, spurred on by RADiabetes. For more information and the full list of prompts, click here. RA Blog Week Day 6 Prompt: “tell us your stories about your diagnosis, what were you thinking, feeling or when did you first know something was wrong?” Oh, college days of…
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Bloom Where You're Planted
I just finally gave away my 14lb bowling ball from high school. I can’t bowl at all now, let alone with that thing! There was a sermon I heard at church recently about unmet expectations. Sometimes (okay, more like always!) we expect one thing out of life and before we know it, we find ourselves in a place that…
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Is Jesus a Pushover?
This blog post was inspired by a conversation with my mom a while back. She was faced with a situation where someone she didn’t know was being incredibly rude to her. She decided to “turn the other cheek” and repay the person with a friendly reply. Later on, of course, she thinks of all of…
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What Does Faith Look Like?
A while back I posted about trying to memorize the book of James from the Bible. I’m still chugging along, with several others, but I must say that getting through chapter 2 was much more difficult than chapter 1, for whatever reason. You can view my post of James 1 in Photos here. As we…
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James: Chapter 1 – In Photos
Several weeks ago, I jumped on board a challenge to memorize the entire book of James in the Bible, throughout the course of the year. This week’s memorization wraps up chapter one. I have it down pretty well, though I’ll still stumble a bit through a couple parts. I thought about recording myself on video,…
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The Journey of Life: The Greatest Adventure
Last year in my women’s bible study, we did an in-depth study of the book of Luke. I absolutely loved it and felt very challenged by the teachings of Jesus. I touched on this a bit in my post on Discipleship, but I really felt God challenging me to understand and take to heart the…
At the Water's Edge 