A couple years ago, I started being more authentic on the blog, and joined Joy, a writer I came to know and respect, in sharing about life:unmasked, in which I share some of my struggles, questions, and failures. I may link up with her or I’ll just do it on my own. Either way, I feel it’s important to live and write unmasked.
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Tagged confession, Gospel, Grace, Jesus, Life Unmaskedmasked, Repentance
I’ve been quiet the last few months, as my regular readers and avid Twitter followers have noticed by now. This is in part due to work picking up a bit, and my role changing to include more responsibilities. I guess one could say I’m becoming a grown up now. That’s a shocking thought, I know. But I’ve also become virtually silent because something else happened; an unexpected turn in my life’s journey, if you will.
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Usually Christmas just annoys me. Yep, I said it. It’s not just the secular consumerism, it’s the way Church treats Christmas, too. I usually just try to keep my head down and make it through until January when sanity is restored and all that is good and right returns. But this year was different.
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I had the amazing privilege of being at the Right Now conference last week. It was a bit like drinking water from a fire hose, but it was very good. I’m definitely still processing most of it, but one of the things that stuck with me came from one of the Q&A sessions. I honestly don’t remember the question, or even the answer, but the disclaimer of sorts that Amy Teel gave before she answered the question hit me hard. She said something to the effect of “I answer not in the Spirit, but in my giftedness.”
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