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    24/6 - Making Room for Rest
    Esther Goetz
    • Jan 30
    • 4 min

    24/6 - Making Room for Rest

    Driven. Workaholic. Adrenaline junkie. Type A. 24/7. Savior of the world (or at least my world). All of these and more. That was me....
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    The Five Books That Changed My Life
    Esther Goetz
    • Jan 26
    • 4 min

    The Five Books That Changed My Life

    The other night, I pulled out a very well-worn book that I keep going back and back to. I have a few of these in my life. These are the...
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    Is it our job to make God happy?
    Esther Goetz
    • Jan 23
    • 2 min

    Is it our job to make God happy?

    Perhaps it’s not our job to make God happy. We’ve tried every which way. Obeying our parents (except when we didn’t). Being a good spouse...
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    Bad Drivers
    Esther Goetz
    • Jan 19
    • 2 min

    Bad Drivers

    There's this bad driver in my life. She's there, steering me down a road that DOES NOT lead me where I really want to go: the space of...
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    Prayer is Weird
    Esther Goetz
    • Jan 16
    • 2 min

    Prayer is Weird

    Prayer is weird. It's one of those things that every person has an opinion about. And for some people, they are strong ones. What it is....
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    Cleaning Up Messes
    Esther Goetz
    • Jan 12
    • 2 min

    Cleaning Up Messes

    Finding the beets upside-down in the vegetable drawer first thing in the morning, their bright red juice settled into the cracks, almost...
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    That feeling has been rising up within me...
    Esther Goetz
    • Jan 9
    • 2 min

    That feeling has been rising up within me...

    That feeling has been rising up within me. The pressure to do better, be better... STRIVE. FIX. MAKE.IT.HAPPEN. It happens to me every...
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    I always tell myself this...
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    • Jan 5
    • 2 min

    I always tell myself this...

    I always tell myself that I'm going to do it differently. The next time my daughter is upset. I want to just listen. Intently. Not talk....
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    The Big Reveal and What it Might mean for You
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    • Jan 2
    • 2 min

    The Big Reveal and What it Might mean for You

    They say that confession is good for the soul. I'm not sure who "they" is, but when I speak a thing out loud, even if it's scary and...
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    How To Choose Your Word of the Year
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    • Dec 30, 2021
    • 4 min

    How To Choose Your Word of the Year

    When I was a young girl, I had the New Year’s resolution every year of reading through the Bible. On January 1, I would read 40 chapters...
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    The Largest Candle of All
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    • Dec 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Largest Candle of All

    I will light my very last candle this morning. The largest one of all. The Christ Candle. The time has come. I’m very glad to do it. Just...
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    Heavy and Uncomfortable
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    • Dec 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Heavy and Uncomfortable

    Not sure about you, but the last month of pregnancy was just the worst. Well-meaning people asking, “are you still here?” Babies sitting...
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    LONG.  SLOW.  DEEP.
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    • Dec 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    LONG. SLOW. DEEP.

    Breathe. Just breathe. Long. Slow. Deep. Breathe. Words said to me over and over again with every single contraction I had as I labored...
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    UNDER PRESSURE
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    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    UNDER PRESSURE

    I started to feel it a few weeks ago. You probably did too. The fancy Christmas pressure. Make it magical. Keep it simple. Be present....
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    KITCHENS AND THE HOWL OF THE NOT-YET
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    • Dec 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    KITCHENS AND THE HOWL OF THE NOT-YET

    The past several months have been marked by much suffering. The pain can be overwhelming. Substance abuse by those we love. Every kind of...
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    THE MOM THING
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    • Dec 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    THE MOM THING

    What is in this little brown bag? If I showed you, it probably wouldn’t mean anything to you. In fact, you might be like, “Who cares? So...
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    ALL WE ARE SAYING IS...
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    • Dec 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    ALL WE ARE SAYING IS...

    GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. The mantra sung and chanted and begged for in 1969. 1969. War rages and protests break out all over. Charles Manson...
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    PARENTING (the constant return to Advent)
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    • Dec 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    PARENTING (the constant return to Advent)

    “Advent is for the ones who know longing.” (Sarah Bessey) “Tis the Season.” (Mom utters with eyes rolling while corralling child hyped up...
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    I LIT A CANDLE THIS MORNING
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    • Nov 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    I LIT A CANDLE THIS MORNING

    I lit a candle this morning. For the first time. Not just any candle. The candle of Hope on this first day, this first Sunday of Advent....
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    Untaming Our Kids (and Ourselves in the Process)
    Esther Goetz
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    Untaming Our Kids (and Ourselves in the Process)

    “Are we going to see the wild horses?” my not-yet-college-bound, have-to-be-dragged-everywhere, youngest asked. “You promised.” We were...
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