Category: Personal
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The Lord’s Prayer in a Time of Coronavirus
Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven! (Let there be healing, deliverance, and rescue. Let your presence be palpable in our midst. May you be exalted and lifted high. May we surrender to your working in every part of our…
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Too Late, But Not Too Late
Right now, in this strange time, we have an invitation before us that will never be before us again. It is the invitation to meet God NOW, in this moment in history. It’s our choice: we can seek God or not. We can ask for his perspective … or not. We can worship. Or not.…
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A Very Special Request
Note: Refiner’s Fire will be back soon. I’m currently hunkered down researching some of the history pieces for it; the next section will be posted here soon. In the meantime, I have a special request … If you’re reading this, chances are you know me primarily as an author or blogger. But since 2007, I…
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Coming January 21 …
Words grow … Releasing January 21 on Amazon and everywhere else ebooks are sold.
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We Learn to Love By Looking: How Seeing Jesus Helps Us Love God
Note from Rachel: With Christmas around the corner, I’ve just come off a tour with 1:11 Ministries and find myself mulling some of the themes of that tour. This week’s post is a brief break from the Gospel of Matthew in order to focus on the “reason for the season.” For God who said, “Let…
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It’s a World Full of Real Danger. Here’s Why That’s Irrelevant.
Excerpt from Fearless: Free in Christ in an Age of Anxiety by Rachel Starr Thomson, Carolyn Currey, and Mercy Hope. Read another excerpt here. When Moses chose twelve spies to go and scout out the land, they came back with an “evil report”: There were giants in the land. Evil is an appropriate word. In English, the…
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Choosing a Higher Fear: How You Can Live Free from Fear’s Control
Excerpt from Fearless: Free in Christ in an Age of Anxiety by Rachel Starr Thomson, Carolyn Currey, and Mercy Hope When we say that you can live fearless, what comes to mind? There’s a good chance you picture a daredevil, an adrenaline junkie scaling cliffs or jumping off skyscrapers with the slogan “YOLO” emblazoned on his back.…
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hi from my lake “office” (learning how to do video)
I’m getting ready to do an event using video, so I thought I should learn how to shoot it. I only have a terrible phone, and I clearly don’t know how to use it. But here’s my first attempt anyhow :). I thought I’d give you all a view of my lake “office” (I do…
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What I’ve Been Up To (with PICTURES!)
Hey friends! This blog is still on hiatus (officially), but I wanted to check in with you and share some exciting things in my personal life. With pictures. I know, I know, it’s like a miracle. I took these pictures myself, on my grainy, cheap camera phone. Which partially explains why I don’t often do…
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Rooted in the Word
Taking a small break from the Matthew series today to post a message I shared at my church two weeks ago. Possibly THE most important thing we can do as disciples of Jesus is learn to root ourselves in the Word through study and meditation. In this message, I talk about meditation and practical ways…