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Five Ways to Make Easter Special in a Strange Time: Psalm 22

April 10, 2020 by Loree

This Sunday smacks me the hardest yet—I’m sad about our Easter traditions. It’s the first time I can’t worship in-person with my church family. And I’m oh so lonely for them. The smiles, the hugs, [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, grace, Israel Trip, Life & Work, Peace, Poetry, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, Easter, grace, hope, Jerusalem, mercy, Psalm 22

How to Find Hope in a Dark World

December 26, 2018 by Loree

I walked His narrow streets in Bethlehem. I climbed His steep hills in Nazareth. My mind reeled in awe at the possibility—did I stand where His feet trod?  My God and Savior. Did [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Bethlehem, childhood, flesh, Jerusalem, Jesus, John 1:14, Nazareth, purpose

Palm Sunday: Why Jesus’ Tears For Us–Mean Peace for Our Souls

March 24, 2018 by Loree

As Jesus stood on the Mount of Olives and breathed deep the morning air, He knew this final journey into Jerusalem would unroll the last bittersweet pages to His life on this earth. The gentle [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Israel Trip, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anger, Beloved, blinded, bloodshed, cry, Disappointment, donkey, failure, forgiveness, freedom, Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem, John 12, Josephus, joy, Luke 19:40, Mount of Olives, pain, Palm Sunday, peace, tears, thankful, truth, victory

How to Lean in When You Feel Weary From Fighting: Herodium, Masada (Israel #14)

May 20, 2017 by Loree

Greed, vengeance, murder, suicide, Enough to fill an epic Hollywood style drama. Tragic sites, we headed for two more of Herod the Great’s building marvels. We snaked out of Jerusalem toward the [Read more...]

Posted in: Israel Trip, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: AD 70, armor of God, Battle, busted world, Captain America, Dr Ehud Netzer, Eleazar, Ephesians 6:10-13, greed, Herod the Great, Herodium, hide, Jerusalem, Josephus, lean in, Masada, murder, palace-fortress, Satan, storm, suicide, the Avengers, tragedy, troubles

A Walk Past “Hell”–Remembering God Wraps a Shield Around Me: Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and a Prayer at the Wailing Wall (Israel #8)

April 9, 2017 by Loree

I found it most fitting to spy out my bus window, a young shepherd and his faithful dog, herding the sheep in this town famous for it’s angelic revelation to the shepherds in the fields centuries ago. [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 2 Samuel 23:13, Abraham, Adonis, Bethlehem, Boaz, Church of the Nativity, David, Egypt, Gehenna, Genesis 35:19, Genisis 14:18, Hasidic Jews, Herod the Great, Jerusalem, Luke 2:16, Magi, Mark 9:33, Matthew 2:13, Melchizedek, Mighty men, Psalm 3:3, Rachel, Ruth, shepherd, The Dung Gate, Valley of Hinnom, Wailing Wall

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Learn how to rewrite your messy stories one grace at a time. In these 52 devotionals, we share stories of hilarity and hardship to uncover how God transforms our mayhem and invites us to live free.
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