• What Does it Mean to be Blessed?

    What Does it Mean to be Blessed?

    Are we really blessed? In our culture, we tend to think of blessings as: But Jesus said, blessed are: Those last 5 are not exactly blessings I would…

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  • Thankful for Grief

    Thankful for Grief

    I am thankful for grief. Truly.Here’s why: 🥀 Grief is love. Not, “I once loved,” but rather, “I love still.” I am privileged to have had a love…

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  • Healing from the Inside Out

    Healing from the Inside Out

    Years ago, following our baby girl’s open heart surgery, doctors were unable to close her sternum, so they sewed a patch over her incision, and sent her to…

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  • Death Gives Way to Life

    It was a sunny October afternoon when death came to visit. Once my favorite season—filled with family birthdays at apple orchards, hot pumpkin spice lattes on crisp, frosty…

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  • The Big C

    The Big C

    Cancer took me by surpriseChrist knew all of my days before there was one of them Cancer deforms my bodyChrist formed my inward parts and knitted me together…

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  • Widow Ministry Matters!

    Widow Ministry Matters!

    Did you know you can partner with The Pastor’s Widow Ministry to bring comfort and Christ-centered hope to valley-walkers around the world? Currently, Audra pours her heart into…

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