1. Unexpected Joy of Motherhood

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    04/09/24
    8 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    This is an excerpt from “Encouragement for Motherhood, Devotional Writings on the Work of Christ” edited by Katie Koplin (1517 Publishing, 2024) available for purchase today.
    Unexpected Joy of Motherhood

  2. The Law of Barbie

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    11/09/23
    10 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    No plot spoilers here just some really Good News
    The Law of Barbie

  3. White Linen Pants

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    07/13/23
    7 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    While we wait in tribulation for our white robes (or pants) to be washed in the blood of the Lamb, we confess to one another our seen and unseen stains.
    White Linen Pants

  4. God's Faithful Deliverance

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    06/02/23
    6 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    Just like for Mordecai and Esther, our lives are also sustained by the hand of God in the ordinary, in events begging to be seen as the work of Christ in our lives.
    God's Faithful Deliverance

  5. Everything Your Kid Needs to Know

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    05/31/22
    13 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    The list of things our kids need to know when they leave the house is much simpler than we might believe.
    Everything Your Kid Needs to Know

  6. When We Miscommunicate Our Prayers

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    11/11/21
    14 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    We won’t use the right words, but the Holy Spirit is interceding with and for us, as we pray.
    When We Miscommunicate Our Prayers

  7. Hannah: What to Do With Weakness?

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    09/09/21
    10 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    This is the second installment in our series profiling women in the Bible (Who are not named Ruth or Esther). Both the stories of Ruth and Esther are beautiful, gracious, and profound. We love reading and rereading them. However, in an attempt to bring attention to more stories of more women throughout the Scriptures, we choose now to shift our focus.
    Hannah: What to Do With Weakness?

  8. A Letter to the Rural Church

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    07/10/21
    10 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    Questions of our purpose and significance as a church abound with fewer and fewer people in the pews.
    A Letter to the Rural Church

  9. Fathers

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    06/29/21
    7 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    We can not give our Heavenly Father anything that will make him love us more or less. He gives and we receive.
    Fathers

  10. "Shoulding" On One Another

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    05/25/21
    6 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    The law is good and holy but so often when we are “shoulding” on one another, we actually are just going to end up “burning” each other’s fields.

  11. Reading Proverbs and Receiving Criticism

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    03/30/21
    7 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    I can look at all of my failings and foolishness because I know who Christ is for me. I rest in his wisdom and life not my own.
    Reading Proverbs and Receiving Criticism

  12. What Do I Have to Give?

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    02/03/21
    7 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    Regardless of my experience, my talents, or even my mood, it’s these gifts of Christ that I have to give away. They are all I have, and they are everything.
    What Do I Have to Give?
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