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I thought nothing of this Pieta when I saw it in the Church of St. Giles off a busy side street in Prague.

I documented it anyway.

It was later in the evening after editing the shot and after going to bed that I awoke from a shallow sleep, haunted. This image was on my mind and under my skin. The agony depicted in this shot didn’t take immediately…

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Trust the Slow Work of God.

We enter into this new year, armed with goals and resolutions. We found our word for the year and are motivated to see something new, do something new, have something new, be something new…

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What has it been like to be a Mother?

How has mothering been a way of encouraging your life with God and experiencing His promises?

Reflection by Louise

In the month of May we celebrate Mother's Day! What comes to mind for me is that being a mother is…

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Welcome. A dear soul—and friend— Bekah Lusko shares a portion of her musical story and faith journey:

Hi! I’m a musician. For a long time, I never felt worthy enough to call myself that. If I’m honest, I didn’t feel worthy to be called a lot of things - wife, mother, Christian. I laid all of my accomplishments and works before me as evidence, compared them with others around me, and concluded that I just wasn’t good enough. I used that excuse to drop the ball in so many aspects of my life…

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