Joellen Kemper
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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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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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Joellen Kemper
- Jan 12, 2021
- 2 min
The Last Word
It has been a week! I think I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve cried. In fact, I confused my son yesterday morning when I just broke...
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Joellen Kemper
- Dec 25, 2020
- 2 min
Christmas 2020 Greetings
Merry Christmas, my friends! I hope this note finds you well. It's chemo week which means I have spent most of it in hibernation. Not...
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Joellen Kemper
- Dec 16, 2020
- 2 min
An Altar of Remembrance
Sitting at my dining room table after a late night spent in the ER (I'm okay), I get to watch the fresh snow plummet in big clusters to...
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Joellen Kemper
- Dec 6, 2020
- 4 min
Washington D.C. 2020
A few months back we took a very last minute weekend getaway to D.C. It was a week consumed of woeful thoughts for both Ryan and me, and...
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Joellen Kemper
- Nov 29, 2020
- 1 min
That Earthly Fight
As I woke up this morning, I was immediately barraged with worry. Then I pulled out my phone, and I was bombarded with envy. I hadn’t...
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Joellen Kemper
- Sep 20, 2020
- 3 min
Far Better Things
The past few weeks I have found myself grieving some of the things that cancer has stolen from me. Namely, how motherhood is a little...
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Joellen Kemper
- Jul 17, 2020
- 4 min
God Wants to Make Us Whole
Recently I underwent a medical procedure that while in the waiting room, I found myself anxious about. I was already praying for...
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Joellen Kemper
- Jul 4, 2020
- 2 min
Be Strong and Courageous
We come to a point in our lives (and if you are like me, then that is on a daily basis) where we have to choose between being defined by...
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Joellen Kemper
- May 26, 2020
- 2 min
Entitlement, Love, and Charity
There is an attitude that ensnares us all. So much so, that at times, we don’t even have the ability to recognize it. That is the...
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Joellen Kemper
- May 1, 2020
- 3 min
Why We Create
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for...
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Joellen Kemper
- Feb 28, 2020
- 3 min
In Which I am Pro-life AND Compassionate Towards Women
Being a pro-life conservative, I am often accused of being compassion-less towards women. There could actually be nothing further from...
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Joellen Kemper
- Feb 22, 2020
- 4 min
Practical Tips for Bible Reading
This past Sunday I just completed my third read through of the Bible. I type this not to brag but to share tips on how I accomplished...
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Joellen Kemper
- Feb 5, 2020
- 2 min
The Joy of the Lord is Our Strength
“Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!”- Nehemiah 8:10 I often feel weak- crippled by anxieties, riddled by...
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Joellen Kemper
- Jan 28, 2020
- 3 min
God is good
“Then he isn’t safe?” said Lucy, “Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe?...
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Joellen Kemper
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
You Are A Soul
“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” C.S. Lewis I thought about this quote earlier this week as I was drinking my...
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Joellen Kemper
- Jan 10, 2020
- 3 min
For I Am Not Ashamed
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believe: first to the Jew, then...
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Joellen Kemper
- Dec 10, 2019
- 1 min
The Magician’s Nephew
Just when I couldn’t fathom loving Lewis more, I go and start his Narnia series. Most probably already know that Aslan the Lion is the...
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Joellen Kemper
- Sep 30, 2019
- 1 min
Sweet September
I’ve never known a sweeter September. The days have fallen like the leaves, A new life beginning among Fall’s golden decay. In your gaze...
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