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Notes From A Seminary Student...

Join me, mom of three, as I embark on a journey towards uncovering my vocation by asking hard questions about faith, life, church, and God, exploring answers, and being real about life's daily grind. 

Decisions, decisions, decisions

5/11/2022

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​What do you do when what you want for your life is hampered by your own body?
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Over the course of the last eight years, I have had to contend with desires, dreams, and goals that appear too much for my physical self to handle— it is why I often start moving in one direction and then halt, sometimes for days, weeks, or even months.

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Five Mind-Blowing Facts I Learned In My First Two Weeks Of Seminary

1/24/2022

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Fear. Doubt. Anger. Joy. Gratitude. Openness. Curiosity. Inadequacy. Excitement. Peace.

These are just a few of the words I would use to describe the way I’ve felt upon embarking on this seminary journey.

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Why Being Messy Makes You Beautiful

11/23/2021

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​Are you like me? Do you use "how good my life is currently," or "how wonderful I feel," as a barometer for your mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing? Not to oversimplify, but, for example, do you ever tell yourself, "Today was wonderful, therefore I am definitely a good person."

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What I Learned About Prayer Through The Fragmentation Of My Faith

9/8/2021

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Prayer— what is it? This is a question I've been wrestling as the years pass. I used to think it was asking God for stuff, according to God's "will".

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Why Black and White Thinking Perpetuates Problems And What to Do About It, Part 2

4/1/2021

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Read Part 1, here.

Why does stress hurt people’s health, mom? I’m stressed sometimes, does that mean I’m going to get sick?
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No, son. While it’s true you go through stress, it’s not the same type of stress as a kid like you who is living in the middle of a war zone, hiding under his bed from bombs. Or a kid your age who doesn’t know if he’ll be able to eat today. Or a kid who lives in terror of what a grownup will do to them. That’s the kind of stress that can make you sick.

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Why Black and White Thinking Perpetuates Problems And What to Do About It, Part 1

3/23/2021

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​A few days ago, the hubs and I were discussing intuitive eating. He was trying to wrap his head around some ideas, and he had questions.

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Valentine's Day Musings, or 10 Ways Loving Yourself Will Turn You Into a Better Love-er

2/10/2021

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“If you don’t love yourself you’ll never feel like anyone else does either”
-Bridgett Devoue
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“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.”-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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Nudity + A New Year = 10 Novel Ways I'm Practicing Radical Acceptance

1/10/2021

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​When I was a teenager, I had this dream every now and again. 


In the dream, I would be walking along the grimy streets of Puerto Ayacucho, a small Venezuelan town.

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Why I Gave Up On Dieting and "Clean Eating"

12/14/2020

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold it would be a merrier world.​

I am a recovering natural health fanatic. 

I have followed a “coffee and gum” diet. I have restricted calories and implemented intermittent fasting. ​

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On Grieving the Faith that Let Me Down...

10/20/2020

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Sometimes, you’ll tune into a podcast, a sermon, a song, a poem or a story, and you will be surprised by tears. And as those tears wet your tender cheeks, you will realize you’ve been sad, sad, sad, for so very long.

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