HeyJaredLessons in Life & Faith
This is a place where you can read about life, leadership, ministry, family, culture, my take on politics, my cancer journey...and cats....and even knitting!
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Becoming Someone I Never Planned to Be (opens the original)
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I’ve spent most of my life becoming someone I never planned to be.When I was a young girl, I loved reading. Around 12 I began to devour Nancy Drew Mysteries until I’d read every single one of them. Eventually, it wasn’t enough and I discovered Pride & Prejudice. That was when everything changed. I fell in love with stories and the stories beneath the stories, the layers of meaning waiting to be discovered. I think it was then, when I realized that books could stay with you long after you closed
Smelly or Not, They Were Loved (opens the original)
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*Dear friends, this post is a little bit different than what I usually write about. I know many of my readers are not Christians, and yet, I think you may find in this piece something that will be of value to you, something that speaks to your life. It will certainly show you a large piece of my life. Here I share my life’s vocation. Something I don’t say much about here. But I have so many stories. The mystery novel I am working on is set in a place like I describe here.Subscribe now<hr /
When the Body Objects (opens the original)
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