Sara
Despite Our Differences
A little over ten years ago, I actually had a normal job. You know, forty hours a week, clock in/clock out, sit in an air-conditioned...
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SARA'S SONGS
for anyone who has ever asked,"Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night?"
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- Aug 6
- 3 min
This is Not the House That Jack Built
I’ve been thinking a lot about houses recently. The government taxing people to pay for housing for the homeless, but then threatening to...
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Sara
- Jul 24
- 8 min
Waiting for God
A few years back, I completed a graduate program in church planting and revitalization. All of my classes looked at discernment practices...
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Sara
- Jul 15
- 3 min
Let the Church Grow Up
“I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready” (I Corinthians 3:2 NIV). The other...
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Sara
- Jul 10
- 3 min
On Anger and Injustice and God's Goodness
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” (Isaiah 5:20 NIV) I don’t generally think of myself as an angry person, but there’s...
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Sara
- Jul 5
- 4 min
On Telling the Truth
“Do not lie” – God “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one...
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Sara
- Apr 10, 2020
- 8 min
Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Missing the Point, and Glimpses of Hope
One of the questions I get asked the most by teenagers is “Why did God allow evil to enter the world?” It’s a great question – one that I...
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Sara
- Sep 30, 2019
- 2 min
Timing is Everything: And God is Near
Today, everything seemed to happen at the exact right time. First, I was late leaving school. (This because I was reading not because I...
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Sara
- Mar 30, 2018
- 5 min
Good Friday: Better Than We Ever Imagined
They had hoped for a Messiah. Someone who would rescue them from the reach of Rome. Someone who like Moses would deliver the entire...
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Sara
- Mar 25, 2018
- 2 min
Here Comes the King! Oh Lord, Save Us!
Over a decade ago, I had the privilege of walking along the route that Jesus traveled when he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. My...
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Sara
- Dec 30, 2017
- 3 min
On Miracles
I always think of Christmas as a time for miracles. I anticipate them, expecting that something wonderful just might happen, something...
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Sara
- Dec 24, 2017
- 3 min
Homecoming
Every time I phone home, Dad asks if I’m coming home tomorrow. I realize this is mostly the result of the trauma, but there is also...
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Sara
- Nov 30, 2017
- 2 min
Waiting for Christmas
For as long as I can remember, I have always loved Christmas. It’s not just the day itself, but the entire season. There is something...
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Sara
- Jan 7, 2017
- 2 min
Tears in the Void
I’m often surprised by the things that stand out when I’m reading the Bible. This time it was God’s message to Hagar – the second time he...
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Sara
- May 31, 2016
- 3 min
A Pleasing Aroma
Maybe it’s because this last month has been filled with grief. Maybe I’ve been listening to too much Evanescence. Or maybe it’s just been...
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Sara
- Apr 26, 2016
- 2 min
Not even a sparrow falls…
I’ve been praying a lot at the piano these days. Sometimes it’s the only way I know how to pray. Last night a friend’s husband...
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Sara
- Jan 5, 2016
- 5 min
“Dreams come true. Yeah they do. In Santa Fe.”
I have always been a dreamer. I am rarely completely content with how things are. There is always that majestic “immeasurably more than...
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Sara
- Jun 19, 2015
- 3 min
Thoughts on Life and the Love of God
My thoughts are a jumble these days. I have one quarter left before I graduate. I have no idea where I will be working and praying that...
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Sara
- Feb 28, 2015
- 3 min
Thoughts on not being perfect (but being delighted in anyway)
I never used to struggle with perfectionism. Perhaps it was because I was surrounded by people who delighted in me. As a girl, my horse...
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Sara
- Jul 14, 2014
- 2 min
“Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” John 12:21
The other day I was sitting on a bench outside of an empty restaurant waiting to have lunch with friends. I was reading as I waited. The...
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