Lord, I Know You Said Love Everybody, But Have You Met Everybody?
Loving people is a beautiful idea until somebody cuts you off in traffic or tests your last nerve. Maybe love begins with a smaller, more honest choice.
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Reflections
Thoughts on faith, healing, cannabis, compassion and the complicated parts of being human.
God Has Seen Worse Than Your Search History
God knows the unfiltered version of us, including the thoughts we would never say out loud. Somehow, that can be good news.
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If Kindness Got You High, Would You Share More of It?
What if we treated kindness like something worth sharing? A Mercy Leaf reflection on compassion, grace and remembering we rarely know what another person is carrying.
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You Can Be Grateful and Still Be Hurting
You can be grateful for what is good and still admit what hurts. A Mercy Leaf reflection on faith, gratitude, grief and holding both honestly.
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What If You Stopped Fighting Yourself?
What if you could grow, change and take responsibility without constantly fighting yourself? A Mercy Leaf reflection on grace, shame and self-compassion.
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The Father Who Was Still Waiting
There’s something about the story of the prodigal son that hits differently when you’ve lived long enough to understand what it feels like to wander. Jesus tells the story of a son…
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You Are More Than What Hurts
There are seasons in life when the thing that hurts starts to feel like the thing that defines us. Pain becomes part of how we introduce ourselves. A diagnosis becomes part of…
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The Person You Are Today Is Worth Caring For
There is a version of yourself you are always waiting to become. The healthier version. The stronger version. The version who finally has everything figured out. The version who isn't carrying so…
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Healing Doesn’t Always Look Like Healing
We tend to imagine healing as a straight line. Something hurts. We find the right help. We get better. Eventually, we return to the way things were before. But real life rarely…
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You Don’t Have to See the Whole Path
I don't know what you're carrying right now. Maybe you're tired. Maybe you're trying to figure out what comes next and honestly you have no idea. Maybe you've been praying about something…
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Begin Again
There is something beautiful about being given another beginning. A new week does not ask us to have everything figured out. It does not demand that yesterday was perfect. It simply gives…
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Healing Has a Pace of Its Own
We live in a world that teaches us to measure everything. How much progress did you make? How quickly did you recover? How long until you feel better? But healing doesn’t always…
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