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Written Not With Ink: 10 Things Adoptive Families Want You to Know
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Monday, April 23, 2012. 10 Things Adoptive Families Want You to Know. When you adopt, you become part of a community. You meet other adoptive families and you feel a connection because you know they have shared some of the same highs and lows you have. They get it. But, sometimes other people don't. So, if you're not an adoptive family, here are 10 things I'd like you to know about the adoption journey:. Just because we adopted doesn't mean our names are now Brad and Angelina! Perhaps think first if the ...
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Written Not With Ink: April 2015
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Sunday, April 19, 2015. Did You Ever Imagine? Navigating our way through a sea of strollers after a long two days at the homeschool convention I looked at Andrew and said, "Did you ever imagine that one day you would be at a homeschool convention? I laughed when he said, "No way," because I felt the same way. I always loved having been homeschooled, but never thought I would pursue it with my own family. In my opinion, it just didn't suit my personality (most days, I am still of that opinion! Yet, even w...
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Written Not With Ink: Medlen Family Update
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Sunday, May 10, 2015. God is on the move! The Lord is bringing opportunity after opportunity to our ministry team to partner with passionate urban leaders in the Midwest region. Through The Urban Ministry Institute. Christ the Victor Church. Planting and other initiatives we are expanding our reach into new cities. Our family has recently been presented with the opportunity to work more intensively with our new World Impact location in Topeka, Kansas (Andrew's going back to his roots! This is going to be...
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Written Not With Ink: Keep Calm and Suffer On
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Monday, November 19, 2012. Keep Calm and Suffer On. If there's anything we hate, it's suffering. If there's anything I. Hate, it's suffering. Our natural desire is to avoid pain. Most of the pursuit of the modern world is comfort. We would have a hard time identifying our actual needs, because they are regularly met and then forgotten in the unending sea of wants. This year God has been teaching me a lot about suffering, some through personal experience, and a lot through the example of men and women of ...
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Written Not With Ink: January 2015
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Monday, January 19, 2015. Reborn to Fight for Freedom. Today I am grateful for the unique way that the Body of Christ has fought, and continues to fight, for freedom. I am thankful for the men and women of God throughout the years who have stood on the knowledge that we are all imprisoned in our humanness until Jesus set us free, and let that knowledge embolden them to do courageous things for Christ. Because men and women stood with Christ in the gap of injustice, my family was made possible. Because of...
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Written Not With Ink: July 2015
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Sunday, July 5, 2015. 4th in the City. Sometimes difficult things also happen that remind us why the Lord is working to free and heal lives in the city. Excitement can turn volatile as parties go late into the night, but even in these moments there are opportunities to be part of our neighbors' lives in deeper ways. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow Us by Email. View my complete profile. I'm an INTJ Woman and a Freak of Nature. Keep Calm and Suffer On. A Psalm of Mama. Things to Pray For. Pray that our ...
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Written Not With Ink: August 2015
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. Life has been at the epicenter of current events these days—who gets to live and what the state of their life should be is bantered around on social media like an abstract topic. I have struggled with how and when to weigh in, feeling the burden of silence and responsibility of speaking out. What do you say when all day it seems like people are saying everything and nothing? People—how it would change our conversations if we took a stand against evil, but were for. He didn̵...
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Written Not With Ink: May 2015
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Selma and Samwise: The Importance of Telling Each Other the Truth. Recently we were finally able to watch the movie Selma. We've been waiting and waiting for it to be available on Amazon (since we have a baby, which means, we are basically socially and culturally reclusive). This didn't happen to anyone else? OK, well, let me explain. Because, the journey is not over yet. There is so much to be done in the world. Be someone's Samwise. Listen to your own Samwise. It ...The Lord is b...
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Written Not With Ink: When God Calls Our Sons and Daughters
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. When God Calls Our Sons and Daughters. No parent wants their children in harm’s way, just ask every mama and grandmamma on our block. While many people feel trapped into life in the city, we chose to move here. The question becomes then, how much is too much to ask of our children in the name of Christ? Is calling them, not me. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow Us by Email. View my complete profile. I'm an INTJ Woman and a Freak of Nature. Keep Calm and Suffer On.
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Written Not With Ink: Did You Ever Imagine?
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Sunday, April 19, 2015. Did You Ever Imagine? Navigating our way through a sea of strollers after a long two days at the homeschool convention I looked at Andrew and said, "Did you ever imagine that one day you would be at a homeschool convention? I laughed when he said, "No way," because I felt the same way. I always loved having been homeschooled, but never thought I would pursue it with my own family. In my opinion, it just didn't suit my personality (most days, I am still of that opinion! Yet, even w...