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Posted by on May 7th, 2013  

Looking at the Real

Last week I shared a new collection of photographs on Write Click — bottle caps, of all things — and wrote a bit about my process (mission, obsession, what have you) for gathering those images. In working with some of the concepts from Christine Valters Paintner’s new book Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian
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Posted by on April 26th, 2013  

Top Ten Things We’ve Learned in Twelve Months—About Blogging, Websites and Such

Source: 123rf.com via Faith Squared on Pinterest   In case you missed it, Tuesday was National Zucchini Bread day. It was also the blog-o-versary of Faith Squared! Thank you to all of our readers, fans, followers, Project You writers, Advent Calendar contributors and, of course, Qrickets. We are grateful for ALL of you, and for
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Posted by on April 18th, 2013  

Time to Waste Some Time

Source: malinconialeggera.tumblr.com via Faith Squared on Pinterest   So it seems I’m going to be spending some time with this wall I’ve run into. Pretty, isn’t it? In my creative life over the last six months — through all the successes and failures, disappointments and opportunities — there’s been an underlying certainty about what to
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Posted by on April 11th, 2013  

A Perfect Practice

Source: beautiful-portals.tumblr.com via Faith Squared on Pinterest   Those who know me hear the expression “prayer practice” a lot. For me it is a literal term. Prayer is an art form, requiring commitment, intention and action; a distinct curvature of language and need, worthy of reverence; a discipline of essential communication that can alter the
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Posted by on April 4th, 2013  

Write. Click. (A Virtual Open House)

Last week I had an idea. It was one of those ideas that took on a life of its own. One that was not going to leave me alone until I followed through. So…this week I have a new website that will serve as both a hub for my writing and a home for my
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Posted by on March 29th, 2013  

All Kinds of Sacred: A Happy Easter Playlist

    Source: graphicsfairy.blogspot.com via Faith Squared on Pinterest   Time again for another nearly-famous, should-be-viral F2 Holiday Playlist!!    We tossed around a few different themes for this Easter weekend, but inspiration struck when we decided on “Sacred Songs.” And in true F2 fashion, the resulting compilation is by no means predictable. Saints, angels,
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Posted by on March 20th, 2013  

Perfect Strangers (A Guest Post for Just Be Enough)

Source: Uploaded by user via Amber on Pinterest   I say I’m afraid of flying, but it’s not so much the flying that scares me. It’s the taking off. Something about the no-turning-back-now, we’re-officially-stuck-in-this-thing-for-real commitment of leaving behind solid ground just doesn’t sit well with me. The anxiety isn’t bad enough that I refuse to
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Posted by on March 14th, 2013  

Message to My Daughter

  Today is my daughter’s 26th birthday. Uh-huh. Twenty. Six. (Pardon me? What was that? I’m sorry, I believe you must have transposed a number or something…I’m pretty sure there’s an extra twenty in there somewhere.) Sigh. Don’t get me wrong—I’ve never been the kind of mom who mourns the passing of the years, wishing
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Posted by on March 6th, 2013  

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (Book Review)

Source: wordsoverpixels.com via Faith Squared on Pinterest I have not survived against all odds. I have not lived to tell. I have not witnessed the extraordinary. This is my story. So reads the cover of Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, a charming book full of funny, strange, sweet, poignant little anecdotes from A-Z.
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Posted by on February 28th, 2013  

Post-It Notes from Heaven

Source: Uploaded by user via Faith Squared on Pinterest   I love the way Heaven communicates. I love asking questions, and getting magical answers; I love the great big obvious life-changing “Hi, this is God…here’s the direction/aha/cosmic breadcrumb you’ve been asking for,” as well as all the little tongue-in-cheek but crazy-useful angel whispers that come
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