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Finding the Beauty in Reframed Stories

March 4, 2023 by Stephanie Leave a Comment

Sometimes, the stories in our heads need a new frame. Recently, I visited my home town to visit family. It was a week of hard conversations intertwined with impromptu moments of fun. However, truthfully, I was longing to return to my own home. I felt tired, emotionally and physically drained, and always get a bit […]

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How Redemption is Found in a Changing Landscape

May 10, 2017 by Stephanie Leave a Comment

As I step outside on this spring day, my eye catches the transforming landscape across the way. For as long as my family has resided next door to Ray, the small strip of land between our driveways has given witness to the hand of our Creator.  On Summer days, my first glance captured the vibrant multicolored blooms lining […]

Filed Under: Sacred Connections Tagged With: beauty, blooms, bounty, color, conversation, Creator, death, flowers, God, healing, home, landscape, neighbor, redemtion, restoration, sculpt, spring, summer, sunflowers, tomatoes, transformation, wood

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When my first child was born 20 plus years ago, I envisioned taking just a few years off from my role as Pastor of Youth and Family. While that didn’t exactly unfold as expected, God used my gifts and skills in other ways. Read More…

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