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This Is Worship
This article was first posted on August 25, 2024 in Ezra’s World. Even before the music started in service today, the sensory seeking and anxiety started. It shouldn’t have been surprising after the first week of school and a bout of strep. My BFF texted and asked if I was at church. I replied, “At…
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When It’s No Longer Cute
This article was first published April 4, 2024 in Ezra’s World. April is Autism Awareness/Acceptance month. For the past seven years, we’ve spent each month wearing Autism tees, posting on Facebook, participating in 5k walks, and so much more. This year, we’re pretty silent. See, we no longer have a cute four-year-old who walks around…
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He Restores My Soul
Psalm 23:2-3 “He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.” “He restores my soul.” For most of my life, these words tied my stomach in knots. I struggled with the meaning of the word restoration. Anyone who has worked with kids has probably said, “Put…
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Even So
Many American Christians know the lyrics well. Either they were sung from an old hymn book, or from words projected onto a screen in a more “modern” way. The words have stayed the same. “When peace, like a river, attendeth my way. When sorrows like sea billows roll…” Many of those people know the story…
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May my Grief and Praise be One
November is always my time of pondering things on life, death, and God in the midst of it. It’s this month that my grandpa died. It’s this month that we would be celebrating Ezekiel Lee’s birthday. This year he would have been nine. The fall before we lost Ezekiel, I remember driving and looking at…
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He is Near
This is an post from a dear friend who has and continues to suffer the heartache of illness in her family. So often she has said the words, “He is near,” to me, and we wanted to share her story. “He is near,” Jesus. Emmanuel. God with us. So much comfort in the middle of…
From Ashes to Glory 