Author: Brittany Salmon

A Trustworthy Promise Keeper

Have you ever had someone make a promise that seemed impossible to keep, yet they followed through and kept their word? When I was a child, I can remember my dad would travel and promise to bring me back a specific item or take a picture in front of a

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True Rest

Rest is a complicated idea in 2020. There has been so much turmoil, with both solitude and crisis at every corner, that the idea of rest almost seems impossible. And yet, as we celebrate Advent, I cannot imagine a better passage to dive into today. If you haven’t read the

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Grace Will Reign

One of my dearest friends is a rule follower. She loves rules and boundaries and lists because they help her know exactly what she needs to do in order to thrive. Me, on the other hand, well, let’s just say I’ve never been great with rules. My personality tends to

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Prone to Wander

I can remember how perplexed I was as a child when dear friends would leave the church or stray away from their faith. My life and family was a safe place to grow and thrive, and so I couldn’t imagine how life could test one’s faith. My childlike faith had

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Love: The Way of the Disciple

“I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to truth.” 3 John 4 A few years ago, a college mentor reached out to me after having not been in contact for years. We had been incredibly close during my undergraduate experience, but life

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Borrowed Courage

Was there ever a time or season in your life when you felt you were living off borrowed courage or faith? Have you ever found yourself going into a conversation with a friend with little hope, and then left with a revived spirit? Or maybe, you were at the end

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Fearless Proclamation

“So Paul entered the synagogue and spoke out fearlessly for three months, addressing and convincing them about the kingdom of God. But when some were stubborn and refused to believe, reviling the Way before the congregation, he left them and took the disciples with him, addressing them every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. This went on for two

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Hope for When it Hurts

“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us” (Rom 8:18). Right as I sat down to write this post, I received a message from my mom about a family friend who is expected to

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Steadfast and Abounding

Recently, I sat across from a friend who had just attended a funeral. We chatted and laughed a bit before I asked the dreaded question, “So, how are you really doing?” She sighed for a bit and then gave me the oddest answer that stuck with me, “I’m really sad,

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Holy And Dearly Loved

We are a divided people aren’t we? If we turn on the television or log onto social media, and it doesn’t take long to see the clamoring of differing opinions. And what we see on TV or read online is not so different from what is happening in our own

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