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Category: Event

To Tree or Not To Tree, That is the Question

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated December 15, 2022 Posted in Event, Grief, Joy, Trauma No Comments

  I wonder if you are like me at Christmas-time?  Because of trauma and broken family traditions and feelings of sadness, I struggle every year to put up the Christmas tree.  I have endless conversations inside my head about the …

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Restore Us

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated June 2, 2022 Posted in Abusive Relationships, Betrayal, Church Response, Event, God's Faithfulness, Insights No Comments

I was blessed to attend the recent Restore 2022 Conference at Judson University.  The subtitle, A Conference Restoring Faith in God and the Church, hinted at the truth that our society is experiencing right now – many people have lost …

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A True Christmas Story — a guest blog

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated December 14, 2021 Posted in Change, Event, God's Faithfulness, Gratitude, Joy No Comments

  It has taken me a lifetime to finally be broken and humbled to the fact that I am not the author of my life story.  I am not the one who controls all life circumstances.  In my shame and …

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Wait. You’re Expecting?

By Chaplain Natalie Last updated December 7, 2021 Posted in Change, Event, Insights No Comments

Mary and Joseph were expecting.  Maybe they weren’t exactly sure of the full implications of the baby she carried in her womb, but they had the word of God, the promises of God that this Son would be the Messiah …

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