Christine Okken

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Life Interrupted

filed under Lent
Are you interruptible? I think about this a lot when I
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Nose-Blind

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There is a tongue-in-cheek TV commercial in Canada that suggests when
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From Anxiety to Hope

filed under Advent Devotionals
I recently read that it is biologically impossible to feel anxiety
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Scorning Shame

filed under Advent Devotionals
We have lived in both the US and Canada, and there
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Fortress

filed under Lent
I am terrible at remembering passwords. It’s one of my glaring
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Lost

filed under Lent
Even as an adult, there is a visceral panic you can
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River of Transformation

filed under Lent
This river flows from the temple of God, and everything it
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