The football pre-season is about to begin where I live. This year, my husband and I have season tickets to our local Rugby League team, the Brisbane Broncos. The season doesn’t start until March, but early in the new year, we went into our local sports store to buy our team jerseys. We are looking forward to taking our place in the stands with thousands of other Broncos supporters, proudly wearing our maroon and yellow, cheering for our team.

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Why is this even a debate? Our hearts are wicked, that’s why. As a person that came to faith as an adult who has been trying to live a “Christian life” since then, as well as leading small groups of people trying to live that same way, I want to share what it’s like when the rubber meets the road. Let me first lay the foundation for you.

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In July I had the experience of a lifetime in birthing our perfect and beautiful daughter Giulietta. Everything about it was just mystically magical, beautiful, awesome and reflective of God’s overwhelmingly thoughtful design and love. To say it was life-changing is an absolute understatement, and one of the ways that life change surprised me most was the intense range of emotions it brought on.

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Being a mother has been the greatest joy of my life. I’ve loved raising our kids, helping them grow and mature into adults. Now that our eldest daughter and son-in-law have had their first baby (our first grandchild), being a mom has taken on new significance.

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  I was visiting my sister recently and we attended her church together. As it happened, they were installing a new pastor the Sunday I was there. The church is a non-denominational church, but just as in the denominational church I belong to, the installation ceremony asked questions of both the pastoral candidate and of […]

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remember well the excitement and anticipation I felt before Christmas when I was a child. With six children in our family, there was always a large pile of presents under the tree. Special gifts stand out in my mind: a two-wheel bicycle, my first wristwatch, and new clothes.

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