Daly Schmidt
The Roar of the Crowd
The roar of the crowd is astounding. Jesus was not exempt. From the shouts of “Hosanna!” to the thunder of “Crucify him!” Jesus stood...
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Melissa Jackson
- Mar 24, 2022
- 2 min
Always a choice.
I was listening to a podcast about giving children choices and the suggestion was to give 150 choices to a child by lunchtime for the...
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Daly Schmidt
- Mar 23, 2022
- 5 min
He Chose Me in Kindness
I chugged the last of my coffee and shook the remaining drops out on the sand. I didn’t have any pockets to fill, so my coffee cup would...
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Melissa Jackson
- Mar 17, 2022
- 2 min
The work of dormancy
The goodness of God can be overwhelming and incredibly humbling. I remember moving from Charlotte, NC to Seattle, WA and leaving behind...
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Melissa Jackson
- Mar 3, 2022
- 2 min
Prayer is active - or it should be.
“I’ll pray for you.” “Pray for Ukraine.” “Praying!” I get it. Prayer can look and feel like an excuse to appear concerned without...
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Daly Schmidt
- Feb 22, 2022
- 6 min
Running
It’s one of the few things I will fight for. I won’t negotiate, sugar-coat, or water down. I would stake my entire life – better yet, my...
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Daly Schmidt
- Feb 15, 2022
- 7 min
God's Love is Safe : I am Safe in God's Love : You are Safe
~No matter what we face. She was talented, wise, quirky, hard-working, kind, and so much more. There were many reasons to love and...
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Melissa Jackson
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Wrestling through the hard things
I want to quit hard things often. In fact, I want to quit most things when they don’t feel good and as much as I don’t like that about...
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Daly Schmidt
- Feb 8, 2022
- 6 min
Invited into Real Love
I need real love for a very broken me. There's a lot about myself that I cannot fix. There are more aches than I can heal, more stains...
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Melissa Jackson
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
You don't have to be your own hope.
To the mama pregnant with her third child who thinks she will never sleep again. To the young adult overwhelmed by life's meaning and...
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Daly Schmidt
- Jan 25, 2022
- 6 min
Come, Let Us Reason Together: Hope Deferred
One of my worst fears in life is throwing up. I know, after 3 pregnancies, you’d think I would get over it. But, nope! It still...
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Daly Schmidt
- Jan 18, 2022
- 4 min
Hope for the Bruised Soul
When Melissa asked if I would like to blog on “hope” as a theme for January 2022, my immediate response was, “Umm…no.” And then, I just...
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Melissa Jackson
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
Created for purpose
During the entirety of 2021 I had to be reminded often I had purpose. In questions and conversation I felt friends were reminding me...
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Melissa Jackson
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
Come and sit by the fire
Every morning in the winter in Washington, I make a cup of coffee in the dark kitchen and sit on the front of our fireplace to fight the...
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Melissa Jackson
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
Leaving the faith
My husband sent me an article that was a mixture of both horror and comfort. The article found here is a collection of stories of people...
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Melissa Jackson
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
People first.
A little holiday soap box: Choose people first. People over positions. There are a lot of choices when it comes to different alignments...
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Melissa Jackson
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Reflection is important for growth
I find great comfort in God being the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb.13:8). It is foundational to my faith that I know the...
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Daly Schmidt
- Oct 16, 2021
- 4 min
Pausing with Purpose: A Prayer to Balance My Production-Driven Life
What is my word if my actions do not align? My word would be less than nothing. Inconsistencies between word and deed is one proof of...
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Melissa Jackson
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
Patch-work Identity
A few years ago I had a dream. It was a dream that jolted me awake one night and sent me scrambling for a pen and paper. At 2am I sat...
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Daly Schmidt
- Apr 19, 2021
- 9 min
Love is...not prideful because Self-Ignorance is True Bliss
Have you ever wondered, “How in the world is Satan so dumb?” I mean, it’s not like he doesn’t know how this whole story is going to end....
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