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Learning to Trust

Posted by Deborah Woo on Aug 15, 2017

  I’ve never been very good at trust falls. You know, that team building exercise where you’re supposed to fall backwards into the arms of a partner or a group as a sign that you trust people to have your back? Yeah, I always catch myself. It’s not because I don’t...

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Tags: faith, fall, god, let go, surrender, trust, "trust in you"

The Art of Serenity

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Posted by on Dec 16, 2014

    “God, grant me the serenityTo accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things that I can,And the wisdom to know the difference.” Image credit: Dawn Ellner During these past few months, I have been learning the art of surrendering. What...

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Tags: surrender, let go, faith, expectations, journey, serenity, acceptance

Letting Go of Old Wineskins

Posted by on May 20, 2014

  “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he...

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Tags: anxiety, faith, control, surrender, relationships, new life
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Estuary: a body of water with one or more streams flowing into it and a connection to the open sea

Estuaries is a public space for individuals who call The River their home to express and reflect on their own personal stories of God in their lives. We recognize that we are each a work in progress, and that our spiritual journeys are as unique and diverse and that through sharing our stories, we hope to recognize, celebrate, reflect on, and lament the joys and struggles of following Jesus.

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