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Faith and Focus Planner Review: The Best Daily Planner for Short-Term Seasons

This summer was really… different. As we all know, many plans were cancelled. For me, my plans to work at a camp for most of the summer were completely wiped out. Instead, I used the sudden abundance of free time, and the new planner I bought, to take summer classes and document memories. And now, …

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Romans Word Study Round-Up: Righteousness, Fulfillment, New Life

Hello, faithful friends! It’s time for a Word study round-up! If you don’t know what a word study is, allow me to explain. Because the Bible was written in different languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek), modern readers like us can benefit from studying it in its original language as well as our own. This usually …

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Gratitude Documented 2020: My Supplies, Plans, and More

It’s that time of year again! November is the month when we all start thinking about thankfulness, maybe on a few days for Thanksgiving, or maybe all month. For the Bible journaling community, this is the month we embark on a 30-day project known as Gratitude Documented. This post will show you what Gratitude Documented …

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Loved: a Mixtape Inspired by Illustrated Faith

The moment I saw the new devotional from Illustrated Faith, I was in love. If you didn’t know, Illustrated Faith is a company that combines curated art/craft supplies with devotional content to encourage us to express and grow in our faith creatively, especially through Bible journaling. This month’s devotional is called Mixtape (hence the title …

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Bible Journaling Techniques: 7 Places to Express Your Faith Creatively

At some point in the year 2014, a lady named Shauna Noel started a movement. Using a wide-margin Bible and craft supplies she already had, she documented the things she learned from Bible study, devotional time, and sermon notes in a creative way. Now, there are probably thousands of us out there, making beautiful things …

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Word Nerd Wednesday: Zateo/Seek

Honesty will always be my policy here, so here’s an honest moment: when I opened my Bible tonight, I didn’t expect to spend hours studying and journaling. I started out with watercolor pencils in my read-the-Bible-for-the-simple-joy-of-reading-the-Bible Bible (Message Canvas Bible). YouTube was playing in the background, but not anything super “spiritual”, just a plan with …