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Darla
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8: All Smoke, All Flame
Embracing arduousness or staying in one's cell makes no sense unless we hold hope that our day, today, participates in an eternal story, an eternal good that we are part of. . . the Christian hope is that God will come, not to whisk us off to a faraway heaven, but to establish his kingdom here on earth---and our little work . . . take part in eternal goodness. The ashes give way to beauty.
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Embracing arduousness or staying in one's cell makes no sense unless we hold hope that our day, today, participates in an eternal story, an eternal good that we are part of. . . the Christian hope is that God will come, not to whisk us off to a faraway heaven, but to establish his kingdom here on earth---and our little work . . . take part in eternal goodness. The ashes give way to beauty.
Darla
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7: Brace the Wall
We need others to hear, shape, and help address our questions. We need others to identify what threatens us to buckle the wall of our faith--the various stresses on it and fissures in it. We need others to fortify us and make us resilient.
— Nov 02, 2026 01:27PM
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We need others to hear, shape, and help address our questions. We need others to identify what threatens us to buckle the wall of our faith--the various stresses on it and fissures in it. We need others to fortify us and make us resilient.
Jacob Currin
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That first chapter hyped me up
— Nov 01, 2026 07:47AM
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Darla
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6: Let the Silt Settle
To be restored will ineveitably take some intentionality and require us to embrace different practices that shape how we use our time. This is difficult work. But the only way to grow deep in these weary lands is to be still and silent . . . If we are to see ourselves and the world clearly, we have to have moments, days, and seasons when we let the silt of our lives settle.
— Nov 01, 2026 05:36AM
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To be restored will ineveitably take some intentionality and require us to embrace different practices that shape how we use our time. This is difficult work. But the only way to grow deep in these weary lands is to be still and silent . . . If we are to see ourselves and the world clearly, we have to have moments, days, and seasons when we let the silt of our lives settle.
M Weber
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Genuinely the first book I’ve been excited and able to take notes in. Loving it so far and only one chapter in!!
— Oct 31, 2026 03:25PM
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Darla
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4: Relax the Bow
It takes trust to let go, to cease striving. It takes trust to believe that we don't have to scissors-hold our life together with will power, energy, calendaring, and duct tape. We don't have a hard master. We can fall apart and trust God to put our head upon his knees and help us rest.
— Oct 31, 2026 09:00AM
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It takes trust to let go, to cease striving. It takes trust to believe that we don't have to scissors-hold our life together with will power, energy, calendaring, and duct tape. We don't have a hard master. We can fall apart and trust God to put our head upon his knees and help us rest.
