You are reading the 62nd issue of Drawing Near, a newsletter to encourage connection and inspire you to live a less lonely life. Each week, you'll receive inspiration for connecting with God, yourself, and the people around you. To see previous issues, go to our newsletter page. Check out the new section, Connect with the Community! We may not do this every week, but let's test it and see how it goes, Connect with God From his book, Life in Community, Dustin Willis shares where we find our...
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You are reading the 61st issue of Drawing Near, a newsletter to encourage connection and inspire you to live a less lonely life. Each week, you'll receive inspiration for connecting with God, yourself, and the people around you. To see previous issues, go to our newsletter page. Connect with God On the comfort of feeling infinitely loved by God, by Morgan Harper Nichols in her book of poetry, All Along You Were Blooming: "For when you are broken,it might seem like the only thing there is to...
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You are reading the 60th issue of Drawing Near, a newsletter to encourage connection and inspire you to live a less lonely life. Each week, you'll receive inspiration for connecting with God, yourself, and the people around you. To see previous issues, go to our newsletter page. Today, instead of three quick ideas, I'm sharing my latest blog post. I hope it inspires you to make your own list of what you currently love! Find the post on my website here. Connect with Yourself and Name What You...
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You are reading the 59th issue of Drawing Near, a newsletter to encourage connection and inspire you to live a less lonely life. Each week, you'll receive inspiration for connecting with God, yourself, and the people around you. To see previous issues, go to our newsletter page. Connect with God Is fear your end point or your starting line? Consider how you can use your fear to lean in to God and his wisdom: "My fear has never disqualified me. It has always been the starting place for...
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You are reading the 58th issue of Drawing Near, a newsletter to encourage connection and inspire you to live a less lonely life. Each week, you'll receive inspiration for connecting with God, yourself, and the people around you. To see previous issues, go to our newsletter page. I hope that you are doing well this week regardless of what mother nature has served you this week! My family is on day seven of being stuck safe at home. We have been lucky to keep our power and water through it all,...
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You are reading the 57th issue of Drawing Near, a newsletter to encourage connection and inspire you to live a less lonely life. Each week, you'll receive inspiration for connecting with God, yourself, and the people around you. To see previous issues, go to our newsletter page. Connect with God On the power of remembering God first thing in the morning: "How we begin our morning affects how the day unfolds. True, the dog will still bark and the cereal will still spill and there will still be...
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You are reading the 56th issue of Drawing Near, a newsletter to encourage connection and help you live a less lonely life. Each week, you'll receive inspiration for connecting with God, yourself, and the people around you. To see previous issues, go to our newsletter page. Connect with God Every January, as we dive into planning and goal-setting, I always remember Psalm 90:12-- Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. When I consider how short my life is, that I do not...
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You are reading the 55th issue of Drawing Near, a newsletter to encourage connection and soften the ache of loneliness. Each week, you'll receive inspiration for connecting with God, yourself, and the people around you. To see previous issues, go to our newsletter page. For December, each week's email has a theme to go with the season. The first three themes were light, comfort, and peace. You can click those links if you missed them! Today's Theme: Joy The day after Christmas is probably not...
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You are reading the 54th issue of Drawing Near, a newsletter to encourage connection and soften the ache of loneliness. Each week, you'll receive inspiration for connecting with God, yourself, and the people around you. To see previous issues, go to our newsletter page. For December, each week's email has a theme to go with the season. The first two themes were light and comfort. You can click those links if you missed them! Today's Theme: Peace Christmas is less than a week away! How...
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You are reading the 53rd issue of Drawing Near, a newsletter to encourage connection and soften the ache of loneliness. Each week, you'll receive inspiration for connecting with God, yourself, and the people around you. To see previous issues, go to our newsletter page. For December, each week's email has a theme to go with the season. Last week's theme was light. You can view it here if you missed it. Today's Theme: Comfort As the weather chills in December (at least here in the US), we...
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