Category Archives: Spiritual Growth

Possibilities

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

The Great I am, a God too big to name yet knows mine. Continue reading →

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Don’t Compete Complete

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

Last February I joined an online writers group called Hope*writers. Immediately, I began listening to their interviews with publishing professionals and reading through their library on the craft of writing, and the business of publishing and marketing. Drinking from this … Continue reading →

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Share Don’t Compare

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

This week I’ve been consumed with writing my first guest post, so I figured I wouldn’t have time to write anything new here. But during my composition, my mind settled on Proverbs 13:12, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but … Continue reading →

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Never Satisfied

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

Linda Leary is my new best friend in third-grade. She has a dark chocolate ponytail. Mine is the same color as Sampson, my orange tabby. We share the same bus stop and every morning ride to school in the same … Continue reading →

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Shame Free and Brand New

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

After a year full of fear, sickness, grief, and lies, I want to wish you, dear readers, a very happy, New Year full of God’s truth, the truth that Jesus says sets us free in John 8:32. The truth that … Continue reading →

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First Contact

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

Is there a God? Can you talk to him? Does he answer? As a fifth grader I wasn’t sure.  This is the story of my first earnest attempt to find out—on a Christmas Eve without snow. *******************************************************************   Upstate New … Continue reading →

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Princess for a Day

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

Although this incident occurred a few years back, it continues to bring meaning to the name Immanuel, God with us. *************************************************************** A few Saturdays before Christmas, I’m browsing some open studios in my town, and find my way to the … Continue reading →

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The Soul Felt Its Worth

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

The dawning of a deeper understanding of the incarnation began with this episode from my life. ****************************************************************************************             I’m busy preparing for the first Christmas my daughter will probably remember. I’m the parent now, responsible for all the glittering wonder. … Continue reading →

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The Creche

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

This is a flash memoir about God’s patient sovereignty in a child’s life. The creche I made when I was six will reappear years later in my life with far greater understanding of the gospel. ************************************************************************************ After the first snow, … Continue reading →

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From Beer to Eternity

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

I just read Gary Morland’s From Beer to Eternity, a little story of addiction and beyond, and was instantly hooked by the tell-it-like-it-is voice of the narrator who I knew instantly was going to tell me the no-nonsense truth about … Continue reading →

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