TOPIC INDEXJustification (21)

  1. Disappointing People

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    08/07/20
    14 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Sometimes I think I've gone through the whole forgiveness process, but forgiveness for me often feels like I'm weeding my garden. I forgive and another offense pops up.

  2. The Disruption of Liturgy

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    04/14/20
    14 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    I love the liturgy of my church, and ache for its full return. When all the world is changing, and everything is disrupted, what comes to mind is what is unchanging: the grace of God.

  3. Your Bible Reading Plan Won't Save You

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    01/29/20
    18 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    If I’m honest, I want that completed Bible reading plan more than I want grace.

  4. The Offensive Law, and Salvation Without Regret

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    01/09/20
    10 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Do not be afraid of seeing the depths of your depravity. Do not be offended, because the story doesn’t end there, and it’s completion is glorious.

  5. This Is My Body, Broken For You

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    05/28/19
    10 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    My family fills a row of chairs in the sanctuary of our church. I always feel bad for the people who sit around my noisy family. Our pastor loves children and has told me once he struggles to preach on the Sundays when they are all whisked off to Children's Church after the music once a month because the sanctuary is too quiet.

  6. Bearing the Weight of Sin

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    12/04/18
    12 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Do any of you have one of “those” kids? Every family should have at least one. They humble you.

  7. If Only I Could...

    book
    10/02/18
    11 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    I love studying books on productivity and efficiency. I have a big family, and I have little people who depend on me and actually expect to eat every day.

  8. Grace for When You Can't Forgive

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    09/04/18
    8 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    She was my friend, walking through marriage troubles. Her husband was unfaithful to her, with the technicalities and carefully drawn lines of “not technically sex” and justifying himself, which had wounded her deeply.

  9. Carseats, Gluten, and Opinionated Bloggers

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    08/06/18
    10 mins
    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Never has the law fallen so hard on me as in motherhood. Never before was I more aware that my best wasn’t good enough.