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When Church Stops Feeling Like Home: Finding Belonging in Midlife Faith

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Chad Prather responds to haters with a smile and some sarcastic love--y'all are fixin' to love it!

This Is What I Wish You Would Say When Your Child Points at My Daughter

As we enter the playground area, your child immediately points to mine, calling loudly “Mom, look at HER!”

Leslie Verner

Leslie Verner is a goer learning how to stay. She traveled widely and spent five years in China before returning to the U.S. to marry a theatre actor. Leslie writes regularly about faith, justice, family and cross-cultural issues at www.scrapingraisins.com and elsewhere on the web. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

The Danger of Following Your “Calling”

I am not called to missions, marriage, motherhood, writing or teaching. I am called, first and foremost, to intimacy with Jesus Christ. That is my call.