Author: Jocelyn

  • I found a new friend today.

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    I took today off from my new little job (at church). I gave today entirely to my main huge job (parenting 2boys). We all needed it. We walked / strollered to the park – a park that is one mile from our home that has very recently acquired a playground after being without for quite…

  • We Are All Just Figuring It Out

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    In one small corner of my spiritual life, I have become involved in a more charismatic Christian movement than I’ve ever been involved in all my years (26!) of being a Christian. For those of you who grew up in the ultra-conservative, Bible-centered brand of Christianity in which I did, you’ll think that this is…

  • The Sunshine of His Presence

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    My favorite way to start the day is when I wake up before 2boys and have even just 30 minutes to myself in a quiet home. Yesterday, for some reason, I awoke naturally at 4:45am and decided just to get up and enjoy some extended time to read, reflect, and write. I was sitting at…

  • Copycat Health Nut Breakfast Cookies

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    I first had a cookie like this one at a little bakery at Pike Place in Seattle. (Sad, I can’t for the life of me find the name of the bakery.) I loved it so much — what’s not to like about a cookie for breakfast?! — that when I got home, I concocted the…

  • “You are so much adult.”

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    This morning I was reading a chapter in The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life that talked about living in the liberty of a child. All of sudden, I heard, in the quietness of my spirit, “My dear Jocey, you are so much adult.” And I thought, “He’s right. {He often calls me ‘dear Jocey’ so that I…

  • For the Run of It: Uplifting & Humbling

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    I love running. (But I didn’t always, remember?) I love running because of how it uplifts and humbles you all at once. It uplifts you whenever you finish anything – even if it was just an easy run. It humbles you when you can’t even finish an easy run due to injury or fatigue or stomach troubles. (If the Olympic marathoners…

  • When What is Shocking Changes

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    I’ve been thinking about this all week. Just about how what is shocking has changed in just the last 100 years in America. I’ll let you in if you promise not to judge me; I’m not judging any of these things — just observing. I promise. Here are just a few things that floated to…

  • Finding Our Core Identities

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    This past weekend, I had the honor and privilege to speak at a retreat to a group of college student women about “identity.” I.had.so.much.fun. It was work, especially getting ready to speak, but you know how avocational work (work that is outside the bounds of your day job) sometimes doesn’t even feel like work? Well,…

  • My Home Inspiration

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    We moved five months ago; I’m still nesting. This quote is such an inspiration to me — of what is most important about my home: making it a place where people feel comfortable and inspired to do all of these things!

  • Everyone Gets Older.

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    Even celebrities. Even supermodels. Even world leaders. Even wealthy people who could afford to buy something to resist time — if it existed. Everyone gets one day older every day. No one is exempt from the passage of time along with its woes and graces. It fascinates me that time remains still the one unopened mystery…