Tag: Brenda Lei Casey

• The Mom Battle I Can’t Fight

  

  I’ve been fighting in the “War of Motherhood” for almost 12 years now. My thoughts??? Well, it’s pretty stinkin’ hard, often times embarrassing, and *always* incredibly exhausting. Oh, but I fight hard. I really do. I want to be the mom who has those middle-of-the-night, heart-to-heart chats with her struggling tween, and sometimes I am. I also want to…

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  December 26, 2022

  2022, December 2022, Storytellers

  Abraham, Belgium, Birthday Trips, Brenda Lei Casey, Castle Ruins, Famine, France, Genesis 32-48, Genesis 32:9, Genesis 48:15, God's battle, God's Weapons, Heart to heart chat with tween, I want to be a mom who, Isaac, Israel, It's not my war, Jacob, Jacob wrestled with the Lord, Kinder chocolates, Kindness of strangers, Miracles, Mom left speechless, Moms, Motherhood Battles, My God to be their God, Pinterest Mama, pinterestfails, pinterestwins, Playing outside as family, Prayer for my daughters, Spain, Stuffed Lamb, The battle is His, Tween daughter, What to give to daughter for birthday, Witnessed a miracle

• For God So Loved The World

  

  I don’t even recall my life before John 3:16, just like I don’t recall my life before helping with family chores or before my deep infatuation with ice cream. The fact of “For God so loved the world” was as known to me as my hard and fast 7:30 p.m. bedtime.   words + photographs…

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  July 6, 2022

  2022, July 2022, Neighbors

  Arandui in Afghanistan, Benalmádena, Bible, Brenda Lei Casey, Castilla Monumento Colomares, Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón, Church Planters, Dzhek in Azerbaijan, Egotistical, For God So Loved The World, Friday Night Football, Haka in Angola, John 3:16, Joshua Casey, Missouri, People Groups, Route 44 Cherry Limeade, Selfish, Sonic, Southwest Missouri, Spain, Springfield, The Bolo, The Joshua Project, The Kryz, The Narisati

• Advent

  

  Week 1: Hope Do you ever overwhelm yourself with Christmas activities? To the point you forget about Jesus’ birth until you’re sitting in a Christmas Eve service? I’ve been there more than I’d like to admit, but for the past few years I’ve been intentional about celebrating Advent in my home. I purchased a set…

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  December 2, 2021

  2021, December 2021, Faith

  1 John 4:9-10, 1 Peter 1:3-7, Aaron Adler, Advent, Allison Adler, Army, Army Wife, Bible, Brenda Lei Casey, Chaplain, Christmas, Curtis Wright, Ephesians 3:18-19, Genesis 1:3, George Watson, God, God is Love, God's Son, Hope, Isaiah 42:6-7, Isaiah 8:21-22, Isaiah 9:2, Isaiah 9:6, James 1:2-4, Jesus, John 16:33, John 1:11-13, John 1:29, John 3:16, John 3:19, John 8:12, Joy, Maggie Watson, Malachi 3:7, Mariah Carey, Marie Kondo, Matthew 5:14-16, Missouri, My Little Pony, Peace, Piper Wright, Psalm 119:105, Republic, Revelation 21:23, Romans 5:8, Salvation Army, U.S. Army, Unconditional Love

• Honey From A Rock

  

  It was UTTERLY RIDICULOUS and made absolutely no sense whatsoever, and yet there God was, speaking it into our hearts. “Have another baby,” He said. “Start again,” He said. “Go back to the beginning. I want this for […]

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  September 5, 2021

  2021, Faith, September 2021

  Brenda Lei Casey, Christina Ford, Holy and Anointed One, Honey Baby, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Psalm 81, Rainbow Baby, Shane & Shane, Spain

• Tapas For Two

  

  Brenda Lei Casey was in 3rd grade when her family moved from Grand Rapids, Mich., to Springfield, Mo. From that moment on, she was home. Until […]

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  May 1, 2021

  Food, May 2021

  Appetizers, Brenda Lei Casey, Croquettes, Peppers, Potatoes, Shrimp, Spain, Tapas