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Author: coffeewithrachelle

  • An Open Letter to Older, Christian Women

    An Open Letter to Older, Christian Women

    Dear older women, We have a situation.  We have a severe shortage of godly, older women who are taking their roles seriously.  While I think some of the reason is because many simply don’t feel qualified and are feeling like they aren’t needed, there are others who have bought into the lie of the enemy,… Read more

  • Stay Salty

    Stay Salty

    I I know, I know… salty has a negative connotation if you spend any time with middle school or high schoolers. If you’ve ever been accused of being “salty, bruh”, you know exactly what I’m talking about! Ha! But I want you to just put all those negative feelings aside for a second and think… Read more

  • Christians should be the least offendable

    Christians should be the least offendable

    I am going to start out by saying that I call things how I see them and you will absolutely know up front what I’m thinking and why I’m thinking it. Ok, now that we have that out of the way, you know what you’re getting by choosing to continue reading. Everyone is offended by… Read more

  • Dear Pastor’s Wife

    Dear Pastor’s  Wife
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    Dear Pastor’s wife. I want you to know that I see you. I’m your friend, and a lot like you. If you called me today and just needed to pour your heart out to someone who would understand, I would understand. The things you would tell me would be things that I have seen in… Read more

  • 30 Days to Being a More Joyful Mom

    30 Days to Being a More Joyful Mom

    It’s September 1st and time for a challenge! I am excited to think about all that God can do when His people focus on bringing glory to Him…which is the purpose we were created! The main goal I have with this challenge is to give people opportunity to push themselves to look more like Jesus…but… Read more

  • Should You Let Your Kids Question God

    Should You Let Your Kids Question God

    When things happen that just don’t make sense, I think the very “Christian” thing to do is to put a Bible-verse-bandaid on it and hope that the bleeding stops. But as a parent, I think it is a bad idea to cover up feelings and emotions with Bible verses. I think it is a wise… Read more

  • Sometimes, I don’t love my husband

    Sometimes, I don’t love my husband

    We met in kindergarten, but it wasn’t until high school that I started loving him. I was 16 years old and had no idea what I was doing in life. He was 15…almost 16. He told me he loved me the first time we talked on the phone. I didn’t know how to respond. It… Read more