by Stacey Thacker | Mar 5, 2022 | Blogging, Connect, Encourage, Lent, Wholehearted, writeitgirl, Writing |
Tradition has a way of forming us. I didn’t come from a tradition that focused on or even defined Lent. Growing up, I remember our neighbors coming home on Ash Wednesday with crosses on their foreheads and wondering what that meant. These same neighbors went to...
by Stacey Thacker | Feb 26, 2022 | Connect, Encourage, Wholehearted, writeitgirl, Writing
Recently I found myself sitting in a meeting unsure of what to expect. I had been nervous for the weeks leading up to the meeting because I honestly had no idea what was on the agenda. And so, I did what any normal person would do. I thought through several different...
by Stacey Thacker | Feb 23, 2022 | Connect, Encourage, endurance, Fresh Out of Amazing |
Note: Originally posted April 24, 2017. You can also find a slightly longer version in Threadbare Prayer on pages 151-155. __________________________ My youngest daughter dropped my iPad just before I hurried out the door to go to church. With huge tears streaming...
by Stacey Thacker | Feb 19, 2022 | Connect, Encourage, Wholehearted, writeitgirl |
Being a good Christian girl has not been a problem for me. What I mean by that is that I haven’t struggled with wild things or been particularly unruly. Ever. It just isn’t who I am. I like rules. I like to know what is expected of me. I want to know the right way to...
by Stacey Thacker | Feb 12, 2022 | Blogging, Connect, Encourage, Threadbare, Wholehearted, Writer.Girl, Writing |
This year I’ve started a wholehearted journey. And already, just a few weeks in, it has been rather unexpected. I don’t know about you, but over the past couple of years, I can’t say that I have been 100% engaged or committed to anything. It isn’t that I haven’t...
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