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Here you'll find ways to flourish in your faith,  grow in your knowledge + love for Biblical truth, and confidently be the light of the world where God has placed you!

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Christian Women Podcast Highlight

I’ve been so excited to bring to you a list of a few of my favorite podcasts for Christian women! So often women are looking to deepen their faith while also wanting to be inspired and encouraged. Which is why I’m sharing these favorites of mine! With a wide variety of topics ranging from personal testimonies to biblical teachings, interviews, and more, these podcasts are designed to grow your faith and leave you better than when you started listening…

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When Guarding Your Tongue Changes Your Life

When you look at your life and evaluate the things that need to change, what have you found is regularly at the top of your list? For me, my list felt similar each time I evaluated it, until recently. My first few "need tending to" areas were consistently the same: spending more time with the Lord, making my husband and I's growth a priority, and having a gentle spirit….

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Sharing Jesus + Sharing Life | A Heart Set Ablaze

What happens when you try something for a while and it works? If you’re anything like me, you want to tell EVERYONE about it (am I right!?!? )!

A workout regimen, a new easy meal the whole family loves, the quicker router to the lake, the best realtor in your community, and the list goes on…..

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Point Hearts to Jesus

Point hearts to Jesus.

This is it.

Keep the focus on Jesus.

Keep your eyes on Jesus.

Keep your feet on His path.

Keep your hands serving in His ways…

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How Journaling Changed My Life

There are a handful of things I'm very passionate about. Journaling is one of those things. One phrase most people who've been in my world have heard from me is this, "write that down!" Being able to look back and see how things we once wrote on paper are now coming to fruition is a beautiful thing….

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10 Scriptures for Your Marriage

One blog post cannot contain all I have learned about Jesus, myself, my husband, and the way God designed marriage to be. I feel like I can only begin to scratch the surface. In 2014 my husband and I got married, in 2017 we welcomed our son, in 2019 I wanted so badly to throw in the towel on our marriage, in 2020 God redeemed so much brokenness and restored us two that He had joined together, and in 2021 we welcomed our daughter. What a whirlwind and what a gift it is to see the view from this seat now…

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Speak LIGHT and LIFE

I unpacked Psalm 78 in the wee hours of the morning on our drive to the lake house. Wow, I was reminded that there is nothing new under the sun…and there is always a cycle from generation to generation…

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