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    JOELLEN KEMPER

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    A Prayer for Rest
    Joellen Kemper
    • Mar 7
    • 1 min

    A Prayer for Rest

    Dear God, Reorient my life towards a Holy Rhythm. May I seek to dwell in your presence from the moment I awake. I pray my eyes never miss...
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    Divine Life Under Human Conditions
    Joellen Kemper
    • Mar 6
    • 1 min

    Divine Life Under Human Conditions

    "Our willed imitations of God...must be an imitation of God incarnate: our model is the Jesus, not only of Calvary, but of the workshop,...
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    Love's Patient Timing
    Joellen Kemper
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    Love's Patient Timing

    Love's patient timing... That's how I would like to live my life. To not ask of people or things to be something they are not. To not...
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    Stop Running
    Joellen Kemper
    • Nov 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Stop Running

    In many things in my life, I get the feeling that I'm cruising around on borrowed time. Things (big or small) that I fear, linger in the...
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    Whole Creatures
    Joellen Kemper
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    Whole Creatures

    We are far too easily persuaded to blame the pain and suffering of the world on a disinterested, unloving God. But I believe in a God...
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    Sowers and Reapers
    Joellen Kemper
    • Oct 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    Sowers and Reapers

    “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I...
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    Insecure in His "Absence"
    Joellen Kemper
    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    Insecure in His "Absence"

    I have been feeling a general sense of shame over the past few days. Over what, I do not know. But in the past, it has been used as a...
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    Artist's Insecurity
    Joellen Kemper
    • Sep 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    Artist's Insecurity

    This Monday I will have the privilege of leading a paint night with a group of local 5th and 6th graders. They are going to paint...
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    Don't Be Precious About It
    Joellen Kemper
    • Sep 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    Don't Be Precious About It

    "If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing badly." -GK Chesterton I recently listened to an interview with JK Rowling where she...
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    The Importance of Imagery
    Joellen Kemper
    • Sep 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Importance of Imagery

    Before we learn language, we compute in images. Images and their meanings, run so deep that we almost take it for granted. I believe that...
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    A Poem About Walking
    Joellen Kemper
    • Jul 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    A Poem About Walking

    I like walking. In the country or the city, And everything in between. Alone or in good company. With my thoughts or just taking in the...
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    Evading God's Presence
    Joellen Kemper
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Evading God's Presence

    Lately, I have been acutely aware that my nature is constantly attempting to evade God. I guess that is the point of fallen humanity....
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    Walking on Water
    Joellen Kemper
    • Jun 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Walking on Water

    I don’t dare to walk on water enough. I hide behind books and theories. A whole lot of thinking but never much doing. I fear failure and...
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    This Present Moment
    Joellen Kemper
    • Apr 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    This Present Moment

    Back at the beginning of March, I had surgery to finish up reconstruction. Praise God, it went smoothly- the first surgery I've had where...
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    Embracing the Seasons
    Joellen Kemper
    • Apr 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Embracing the Seasons

    Account for all of the good things in your life during this present time. Right now, your life may not be perfect...maybe even far from...
    18 views0 comments
    Trust Your Intuition
    Joellen Kemper
    • Mar 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Trust Your Intuition

    “Trust your intuition” That is not something I say hastily. I’m not talking about the mind and its frivolous fancies or about the heart...
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    Parenthood is a Refining Fire
    Joellen Kemper
    • Feb 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    Parenthood is a Refining Fire

    I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that parenthood is a refining, purifying fire. Walking that line of raising a child who pursues goodness...
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    An Honorable Sacrifice
    Joellen Kemper
    • Feb 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    An Honorable Sacrifice

    “Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me.” -Psalm 50:23 Sometimes gratitude is a sacrifice, isn’t it?! Laying aside the...
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    One's Real Life
    Joellen Kemper
    • Feb 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    One's Real Life

    What’s a big sin in your life that God is convicting you of?! Well, I’ve had many lately 😅 but the one I’ve been thinking about most...
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    Man's Mission
    Joellen Kemper
    • Feb 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Man's Mission

    “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who...
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