Write It On Their Hearts | Book Review
They ran back to the cabin, chasing and screaming. Not the happy, fun kind... the "give it back or I'll take it" angry kind. I groan....
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Amber Thiessen
- Jul 20, 2022
- 2 min
Understanding the Epic Story
In 2019, a Lifeway Research study indicated 32% of regular church attenders read their Bible everyday. We hear it taught during our...
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Amber Thiessen
- Jul 13, 2022
- 3 min
What's On My Shelf (July 2022)
We're halfway through the year and great books just keep on coming! My current challenge is keeping sand out of my paper books and my...
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Amber Thiessen
- Jul 6, 2022
- 3 min
The Challenge of Contentment When We Have Much
Our journey there and back again, from the dense bush of East Africa to the prairies of Canada, we frequently wrestled with the tension...
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Amber Thiessen
- Jun 29, 2022
- 2 min
The Time For Building
There's nothing more frustrating than rebuilding a sand castle. Okay...maybe a few things, but working to get the sand just right,...
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Amber Thiessen
- Jun 22, 2022
- 3 min
If Your Marriage Was a Shape, What Would It Be?
If your marriage was a shape, what shape would it be? Maybe you're in the stage of littles, or in the midst of a transition, and your...
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Amber Thiessen
- Jun 8, 2022
- 2 min
The Stories Pointing Us To Christ
Every Bible story tells us about the greatest story. Often we read the stories of Scripture with the sole intention of understanding a...
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Amber Thiessen
- Jun 1, 2022
- 5 min
What's On My Shelf (June 2022)
The changing seasons cause the scenery of reading to shift: From the couch to the patio chair, from your living room to the beach, or in...
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Amber Thiessen
- May 25, 2022
- 2 min
There's No Shame in Christ
Have you ever felt ashamed? If you have, how would you describe it? Perhaps it felt like humiliation after an embarrassing situation or...
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Amber Thiessen
- May 18, 2022
- 2 min
How to Grow in Humility Through Motherhood
For those of you who know me, or have followed along on the blog for a while, you'll know that after my people, pages are next in my line...
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Amber Thiessen
- May 11, 2022
- 2 min
Discovering the Blessed Life in the Book of Revelation
If I'd ask what you thought was the most intriguing, mysterious book of the bible, what would you say? There'd be a few options, but I'm...
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Amber Thiessen
- Apr 27, 2022
- 3 min
What's On My Shelf (Apr 2022)
As spring slowly enters across the prairies, there's a handful of books for me to share with you! Hopefully you'll find something of...
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Amber Thiessen
- Apr 20, 2022
- 4 min
A Hunger For More by Amy DiMarcangelo | Book Review
Caught up in the everyday hustle and bustle, we don't even know we feel unsatisfied. We just keep on chugging, ticking off the next...
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Amber Thiessen
- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
Parenting Like the Father
During my first pregnancy I was living on African soil in a small village located hours from a city. We were part of a small team with...
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Amber Thiessen
- Mar 2, 2022
- 3 min
What's On My Shelf (Mar 2022)
Here are the highlights of what's crossed my shelf (and iPad) lately. I hope you find something of interest!! And don't forget to let me...
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Amber Thiessen
- Feb 23, 2022
- 4 min
Cultural Counterfeits | Book Review
"In our fallen state we think we know best, that we can do better. And so we continuously set out to make our best lives happen right...
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Amber Thiessen
- Feb 16, 2022
- 3 min
How the Father, Son and Spirit Work to Accomplish God's Mission
During our years on a church planting team in rural Africa we spent a lot of time as a team reflecting on what the book of Acts could...
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Amber Thiessen
- Feb 2, 2022
- 2 min
What Do Priests Do, Anyway? And Why We Need To Know
In my journey through scripture this year, I've arrived in Exodus as Moses leads Israel out of Egypt, arriving at Mount Sinai where he...
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Amber Thiessen
- Jan 26, 2022
- 2 min
What's On My Shelf (January 2022)
Time for a highlight reel to begin the new year to help you discover some new reading material!! I hope you'll find something of...
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Amber Thiessen
- Jan 19, 2022
- 2 min
The Dearest Place On Earth
In the 19th century, preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon "captured the admiration all true believers should have for the church in his...
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