Do you give yourself time for silence? I’m talking about the kind of silence that is utterly and profoundly silent? As the formation team has been working through a book about solitude and silence, I have become aware that this is a most difficult discipline for me. As I choose to sit in silence, my…
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As I have shared on many occasions in the Imago community, parenting is my greatest struggle. There is something about trying to raise my three kids that, quite frankly, kicks my tail every day. This struggle is relentless – two steps forward and one step back…but…did you catch that? Progress. Do you know how long…
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I love seeing the gifts of the Spirit lived out in the Imago Dei Church body. As I read through gift lists found in scripture, I am struck every time by how I see the gifts manifested in our congregation. I know people with the gifts of wisdom, knowledge, discernment, generosity, encouragement, and administration. As…
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Jesus has to build the church. It is HIS. It is not mine. These words hit me in a powerful way a couple of weeks ago. You see, I love the church. In many ways I feel like Imago Dei is mine. I care deeply for its people. I pray for it. I give it…
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I love the church. I love Imago Dei. I love the people, their passions, their pains and their stories. Probably one of the things I love most about our local church is that we are not called to check our intelligence, our gender, or our situations at the door. We are free to be. However,…
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