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Word Nerd Wednesday – Reckless love

Happy Wednesday, friends, and welcome to another geeking-out-over-Scripture post! Looking at our identity as the Bride of Christ has had me thinking and meditating on the love of God. His love for us is deeper and more thorough than we can ever imagine, and I love to think about it so much! Let’s look at …

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Wings – Bride of Christ (Astrid/Hiccstrid, Anna, Jasmine)

Happy Monday, friends, and welcome to the fourth and final installment of the Wings devotional series! I’ve spent this month reflecting on four different facets of our identity in Christ, and I’ve really enjoyed doing so. This week’s character/headspace/heart posture is the Bride, and I found some really sweet examples from some of my favorite …

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Bible journal with me – Creative Retreat “Come Boldly”

Happy Sunday, friends, and welcometo another Bible journal with me post! This week I’m sharing the pages that I created using the printable version of Creative Retreat’s “Come Boldly” kit. Enjoy!

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Bible journal with me – Ambassador for Christ

Happy Friday, my friends, and welcome to another Bible journal with me session. Today, I’m setting up a memorial stone of what I learned from this month’s Wings study in my new journaling Bible. I have a lot to reflect on, so this may take more than one page. Enjoy!

Word Nerd Wednesday – Ambassador for Christ

Happy Wednesday, my friends, and welcome to another geeking-out-over-Scripture session! Today I’m breaking down the passage in 2 Corinthians 5 that defines us as “ambassadors for Christ.” Where else is the word used in Scripture? What do the key words of this passage mean from the original languages? Let’s find out!

Faith Heirlooms “With Expectation” – Epiphany journaling wrap-up

Happy Fat Tuesday, my friends, and welcome to another Bible journaling wrap-up post! I used Faith Heirlooms’ “With Expectation” Bible journaling kit for my Epiphany journaling this year, and with Lent starting tomorrow, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on what I learned and to show you how my Bible journaling pages turned …

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Wings – Ambassador for Christ (Rapunzel, Jasmine, Pocahontas)

Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Wings series of devotional explorations! This week, we’re studying the role of Ambassador as described in 2 Corinthians and other passages. We’ll look at several different fictional characters who fit this Scriptural role in many different ways. Enjoy! Fandom: Rapunzel from Tangled, Anna from Frozen, Moana from Moana, …

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Suriel Hess – Little Bit More

Happy Sunday, my friends, and welcome to another love-songs-as-Gospel-message post! I found this song “Little Bit More” by Suriel Hess while scrolling through Instagram reels, and it IMMEDIATELY reminded me of how it feels to have a relationship with Jesus. Looking into the lyrics a little bit deeper, it made me tear up a little …

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Bible journal with me: Seek His face always

Happy Friday, mes amis, and welcome to another Bible journaling post! This week I’m summarizing, internalizing, and responding to the things I’ve learned from week 2 of the Wings devotional. I studied what it means to seek the Lord and how I can meditate or re-digest His Word every day. Enjoy!

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Word Nerd Wednesday: Hunger and thirst for righteousness, plus becoming a Learner at the feet of Rabbi Jesus

Happy Wednesday, my friends, and welcome to another geek-out-over-Scripture session! This week I want to explore what it means to be a true Seeker of the Lord who has a deep hunger and thirst for righteousness. We’ll start in the Beatitudes in Matthew chapter 5, but who knows where the Word will take us? Let’s …

Lent 2023 Plans – Illustrated Faith and My Faith Book, plus a study in the Old Testament

Happy Sunday, friends, and welcome to this post! The season of Epiphany is almost over, which means that we’re about to enter the 40-day period of reflection and repentance known as Lent. This season is perhaps the most commonly celebrated among Protestant believers (other than Advent), and this year I’m choosing to observe it in …

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Bible journal with me: Wings – Child

Happy weekend, my friends, and welcome to another Bible journal with me post! Today I’m wrapping up what I’ve learned and studied about being a child of God by creating an art-journal style page in my new journaling Bible. Enjoy!

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Wings – Seeker (Elsa, Hermione, Belle, Moana)

Hello, friends, and welcome to week 2 of Wings! In this study, we’re exploring four different headspaces or facets of our identity in Christ, which can provide us with an effective way of approaching the throne of grace and living out our lives as believers. This week, we’re studying our identity as Seekers or students …

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Word Nerd Wednesday: receiving grace as a child, plus how to be childlike in Bible study and prayer

Greetings, fellow Word nerds, and welcome to another Wednesday post! This month we’ve been exploring four different facets of our identity in Christ, starting with that of a Child who asks and receives exactly what they need from the Father in trust and unconditional love. Today I’d like to dive deep with you into one …

Illustrated Faith Worthy of Worship: Wrap-up and reflections

Happy February, friends, and welcome to another Bible journaling post! This month I enjoyed studying the ways that we can worship God with Illustrated Faith’s Worthy of Worship Bible journaling kit. This kit’s theme matched so well with the topics that I was already meditating on this month, and the artwork is so pretty! Please …

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Wings – Child (Agnes, Olaf, Nemo)

Hello, friends, and welcome to another fictional-stories-as-Bible-connections post! This month, I’m exploring four different headspaces or facets of our identity in Christ. These different facets, when lined up with Scripture, can provide us with an effective way of approaching the throne of grace and living out our lives as believers. To start, we’re examining our …

Wings: Exploring 4 Aspects of Our Identity in Christ

Hello, friends, and welcome to the beginning of a very exciting new adventure! Today I’m announcing the new Wings collection, which includes a devotional journal available on Amazon and TONS of free things to download and print! I’ve been working on this for months now, and I’m so excited to finally get started for real. …

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Review of None Like Him by Jen Wilkin

Hello, friends, and welcome to my book club! Today I’m reviewing a Christian life book that I think is highly necessary for anyone who wishes to better understand the nature of God. It’s also the background reading that I did in preparation for the fandom posts I’ve been working on this month. Enjoy!

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I’ve had (am having?) an Epiphany!! Using a Christmas Bible journaling kit after Christmas, plus a free printable!!

Happy January, friends, and hope you’re having a good 2023 so far! I’ve recently become fascinated by the liturgical calendar and the idea that every month of the year could be a holiday season. I think this could be a great way to spend every day reflecting on the life of Christ and the value …

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Viva Magenta – Color of the year, bullet journal setup, and free printable!

Happy holidays, friends, and welcome to another one of those where-has-the-time-gone kind of posts! Like many content creators out there on the internets, I’m getting ready to set up a new bullet journal for the year, and decided to take this opportunity to show off what I created, share some of my goals for the …