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Hope After Catastrophe: Regaining Perspective From Higher Ground
Hope After Catastrophe: Regaining Perspective From Higher Ground

Perched upon breathtaking cliffs, my eyes searched the surroundings in disbelief. Pure waves of blue rolled below, occasionally showing off a white cap from time to time as if to remind the spectators it is, in fact, real. Our 20th anniversary trip to Santorini, Greece was more than we could have imagined we needed. The entire week I couldn’t stop thinking about this one fact, and I wonder if we might gain some perspective from it as we pray and seek to help those walking through incomprehensible pain these days.

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Faith, Parenting, TravelShawna Sullivanfaith, Travel, marriage, pain, hope Comments
A Sure Foundation
A Sure Foundation

On a recent hike the questions kept coming. We sat as a family admiring the strength of this hardened magma and all I could think about is that this is the kind of foundation I want my life built upon.

This is the kind of foundation I want my kids to build their lives upon: a foundation that stands firm even when the sun is beating incessantly down upon their weary journeys. The kind of foundation that can still support when every comfort is stripped, every rational thought taken, every dollar lost. The kind of foundation that withstands erosion from the harshest storm.

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Faith, Engaging the Heart, Freedom in Christ, Knowing God, Parenting, The Weary Mom, TravelShawna SullivanParenting, Faith, Family Comment
Don’t Zone Out
Don’t Zone Out

As parents, we want vacations to matter. How do we balance our desire for rest with with our desire for memorable experiences? Those two goals may seem to be at odds with each other, so we are tempted to zone out as a parent and allow our children to zone out on their devices in order to create that peace.

May I encourage you to be intentional even in your rest?

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Travel, Engaging HeartsShawna Sullivanvacation, engage, memories, delegate, games, books, journal, intentionalityComment
One or One-Thousand
One or One-Thousand

I just returned from an incredibly dreamy, indulgent ten-day trip around France with my husband to celebrate 40 years of life and 15 years together, and then I came home. So, now what?

Have you ever explored the unceasing pleasures that can be found in someone who transcends the fleeting pleasures of earth? As beautiful and lovely and amazing as the things we experience here and now, there is someone infinitely more beautiful and lovely that never ceases. 

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Knowing God, Pure Encouragement, Faith, TravelShawna SullivanEncouragement., France, TravelComment