Writing about our journey to fruitful living wouldn’t be complete without bringing up some of the music that’s been such a part of our family life lately. My husband, worship pastor at our church, educates me on all the great music in the world, so I can hardly take credit, but I wanted to highlight […]

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My favorite new spiritual tool in 2017 has been my prayer journal from ValMarie Paper. I wanted to highlight it just a bit during this series because it’s been helping me get back to making prayer and gratitude a regular practice in my life. ValMarie has created multiple journals and sells them on her website. […]

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“Here’s the most amazing part: you’re just being you— altogether beautiful you, amidst the chaotic rhythms of motherhood. Capturing great glimpses of glory with your camera at the sandlot over brown bag lunches. And when you lay your little ones down for naps, out it flows— the inspired offering of a creative woman. I’m here […]

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“So, Elizabeth, if you had a warning label, what would it be?” My husband, the youth pastor, quizzed me jokingly as I sat perched on a stool in front of youth group. I didn’t even have to think before answering, “Contents may explode under pressure.” Yeah. Not exactly something I like admitting, but the gospel […]

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My husband has a new hobby. He is collecting and using fountain pens. His face lights up when he tells me about new ink and how the pen scratches the paper gently. He’s never been much of a writer, but he journals daily now and it’s been very life-giving for him. When I was a […]

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Today I just wanted to spend a little time sharing about God’s Word. Honestly, this may sound simple, but one thing that helps me faithfully spend time with Jesus each day is having a Bible I love to use. Growing up, I used the same Bible from ages 12-21. I marked and underlined and loved […]

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I’m a goal-setting, planner-loving junkie. But my latest tool for planning was created by someone who struggled with your typical goal-setting and set out to create a solution. I followed the ministry of Lara Casey online for a couple of years before deciding to buy one of her books and it’s made a world of […]

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Emotions are crazy things. They show us, so often, how we really are not the ones in control of anything. How we are really along for the ride of life and not at the steering wheel. To be honest, that knowledge itself hits the first domino of emotion in me that ends up toppling the […]

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“What’s this?” I asked my mom when she handed me a fat little pink diary when I was 9 years old. She explained it, and I opened it up to find a magical place inside. Blank pages soon became my favorite escape and still are to this day. I journaled my way vigorously through high […]

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I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness,     and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts,     for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come     and shower righteousness upon you.’ Hosea 10:12 Plant. Plow. Seek. I committed at the beginning of 2017 to […]

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