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25 Kid-Friendly Conversation Starters

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Jess Connell

We LOVE to use questions (“would you rather…” “what if…” “which of these…”) to start discussions with our kids over meals, during hikes, and in car rides. We’ve used books, and card sets, but they often contain foul or off-color questions or prompts. So I thought I’d share some of the questions we use, to help…

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Is THIS The Reason You’re Spiritually Stuck?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Jess Connell

Are you spiritually “stuck?” Feeling like you have questions but no answers? Stagnant in life but unsure how to start growing again?  I was 16 years old when it began. I was a coming-out-of-rebellion teen; she was a young mom (in her 20s) with 3 little ones. In free moments of my busy high school life,…

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Does Your Pain Isolate You From the Body of Christ?

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Jess Connell

Pain is common to all of us. But– have you noticed?– our reactions to it can be wildly different. And I’m convinced– it’s all in how you look at it. When our eyes are on our pain & circumstances: We become disconnected from others (even others in the Body of Christ). No one is “qualified”…

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Do You Rightly Value the Whole Body of Christ?

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Jess Connell

Can you imagine if your whole physical body was a clamorous, jibber-jabbering mouth? Or if it was a big lumpy wad of knuckles? What if your whole body was made of tendons, with no bones, muscles, or tissues? It is such a gift to have all our myriad body parts, so that we can rightly…

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