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Physical Isolation Doesn’t Mean Spiritual Deprivation

By Ashley Bates | March 20, 2020

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It’s starting to sink in, isn’t it? You can’t leave your home, gather with more than ten people, and some of your favorite things to do are off the table. The reality of restricted living is here.

Filed Under: Hope, New, The Unknown Tagged With: hope, isolation, uncertainty

Boxed In

By Ashley Bates | January 13, 2019

I put him in the husband box. He was boxed in, and so was I for that matter. Have you ever done that? Put someone in a box? Or, kept yourself in a box to avoid responsibility?

So we have that door in our house. You know, the one that never closes. Oh, you have one too?      Slam! The sound it makes even we are ever so slightly closing it. I’m not sure how many weeks our door was in this state but it was to the point where our Read More

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: box, door, expectations, relationship

Powering Change

By Ashley Bates | January 1, 2019

Restart. Reset. It’s a new year! The idea of restarting in the new year is romantically attractive. It comes with a sense of newness that can’t be found elsewhere. It’s the second chance we’ve been waiting for since last year’s goals, dreams, or ideas fell flat. This year, it’s going to happen. This year I Read More

Filed Under: Change, Jesus, Life, New

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