Faith

Finding joy in NOT doing it all

April 30, 2013
Finding joy in NOT doing it all. (inspiredrd.com)

There is a lie going around.  It’s one that we hear every day, from every angle.  This lie, it’s robbing us of joy. Can you feel it?  That stomach-twisting, stress-inducing thief of peace.  The one that keeps the mind racing long after your head hits the pillow. The lie is this:  We CAN do it [...]

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Happy Easter!

March 30, 2013
Happy Easter from Inspired RD and Family

Happy Easter from our family to yours! Looking for a place to celebrate?  Check out the Mission Live Stream today at Mission68.org.

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Pursuing Justice (and a giveaway)

February 28, 2013
Pursuing Justice by Ken Wytsma

I don’t know about you, but when I see statistics like “27 million trapped in slavery” and “884 million without access to clean water”, I feel so overwhelmed that I just want to close my eyes, stick my fingers in my ears, and pretend like I never heard anything about it.  I can’t fix the [...]

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The time is always ripe to do right.

January 21, 2013
The time is always ripe to do right.

This quote is an excerpt from a letter that Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in a Birmingham jail on April 16, 1963.  I probably read it in school at some point, although I don’t remember being so humbled and challenged as I was when I read it again last night.  Whether you’ve read it before [...]

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Coffee for Malawi Update

December 22, 2012
Coffee for Malawi

Joe and Leila opened up shop yesterday for one more push before their advent conspiracy money is due.  They had an amazing outpouring of donations from people driving by and long-distance PayPal donations. They braved the cold by snacking on chocolate donuts and waving frantically at each car that came through the neighborhood. Each customer [...]

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When there are no words…

December 16, 2012
When you don't know how to pray, it's ok. "If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He (the Holy Spirit) does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans." (Romans 8:26 MSG)

I don’t know what to say about Friday.  I know I’m having trouble thinking of much else.  Looking into my kids’ eyes, seeing Joe’s kindergarten class in my mind, hearing giggles from the next room…it all hits so close to home.  I have no words.  Only sighs, groans, tears. If you’re struggling to find the [...]

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Go ahead, look back

September 11, 2012
Arizona Desert

Driving through the desert, the sun setting behind us, I couldn’t help but look back. Through my dirty window, on my iPhone, I captured this. I started thinking about all of the quotes I’ve seen lately about not looking back.  Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest seem to be circulating the same sayings, all about moving forward. [...]

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Thoughts and Shots

June 12, 2012
vaccine3

This morning I took the first of four pills that will protect me from typhoid next month.  I take one on an empty stomach every other day for 7 days.  The typhoid vaccine is the second to last vaccine in the lineup.  I’ve also had 4 shots, and will start on my malaria pills the [...]

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Thankful Thursdays: Week 23 – Learning to live in faith, not fear

June 7, 2012
Fear is placing your faith in the what-ifs

I was telling my mother-in-law yesterday about the exhilarating feeling I had when I climbed the eagle perch and took the leap of faith at a ropes course a few years ago. I explained how my normal self would have hesitated, thought it through, and waited before tentatively jumping. I explained how on that day, [...]

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Happy Easter

April 7, 2012

Happy Easter from our family to yours. “The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.”   Matthew 28:5-6

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