I had a conversation with a friend the other day about how everyone is insecure. There are few exceptions. Everyone puts up a front to hide the fact that they don’t like who they are, or what they’ve done, or the mess their lives are. Either we hide our deepest flaws, or we glorify them […]
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Do Unto Others – Kids Included
Posted in Christian Living, Motherhood, Preaching to Myself on July 17, 2014 | 7 Comments »
I find I go through phases where I use a particular “mom” phrase regularly, multiple times a day. Phrases like, “Because I said so,” or, “Where do we draw? PAPER ONLY,” or “Treat others the way you would like to be treated.” I find myself saying that last one a lot, because my older two […]
On Teaching VBS – or – Going Outside My Comfort Zone
Posted in My Life, Preaching to Myself on June 19, 2014 | 7 Comments »
I signed up to teach at VBS this year. Well, kind of. I looked at the signup sheet, and was feeling daring that day. I thought, “Hey, I’ll step outside my comfort zone and just do this.” I put my name down for the 3rd grade – with a question mark next to it. I […]
You Know You’re (Really) a Grown-Up When…
Posted in Inspiration, My Life, Preaching to Myself on June 12, 2014 | 8 Comments »
I have graduated high school, gotten married, had children, bought a car, and passed drinking age. All those things notwithstanding, I feel like this past year or two was when I really claimed my adulthood, for the first time. Sure, I still have an inner child and I hope she will never go away!…but this […]
I Have Nothing
Posted in Christian Living, Preaching to Myself, Scripture on May 29, 2014 | 4 Comments »
Imagine what a pioneer from the Old West would think if they time-traveled to modern times and stood in your living room – or what if someone from a poverty-stricken third world country found themselves in your kitchen? They would be amazed. Do you ever think about the sheer amount of stuff we have in wealthy, developed […]
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Bethany A. Jennings is a YA speculative fiction and poetry author, a freelance editor, and a lover of artisan sandwiches. Born in SoCal, with a heart and soul raised in many different worlds, she now lives happily in New England with her husband, four children, zero pets, and a large and growing collection of tiny houseplants. She is a firm believer in the power of words to reach hurting hearts, uplift the weary, and pierce the darkness.
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