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Jennifer Bratton

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Category: Pride

Last Updated: May 20, 2020

A Census, a Plague, Have Mercy!

Categories Gospel, Mercy, Pride, Suffering
A Census, a Plague, Have Mercy!

It’s a census year. Have you completed your response to the 2020 US Census? Humans love to count and measure things, don’t we? It’s comforting. If we can quantify it then surely, we can understand it and maybe even control it, right? It’s also often prideful. When we number our possessions, or likes, or circle…Continue Reading “A Census, a Plague, Have Mercy!” →

Last Updated: February 10, 2020

We Need To Get Off Our Pedestals

Categories Pride
We Need To Get Off Our Pedestals

In a 2016 interview, Bible study teacher and author Jen Wilkin, described me. OK, not really, she was describing herself, but the subject might as well have been me.  In the interview she said… “I want to be a person that doesn’t need other people…I just want to be free from being dependent on anyone…Continue Reading “We Need To Get Off Our Pedestals” →

Last Updated: November 19, 2019

I’m Not Wonder Woman

Categories Grace, Pride
I’m Not Wonder Woman

The past couple of months have been personally chaotic and challenging. I’ve felt trapped in an old variety show act, desperately trying to keep all the plates spinning on their poles while Sabre Dance frantically and loudly plays over and over. Last week, in particular, was rough, as I felt pulled in a million directions…Continue Reading “I’m Not Wonder Woman” →

Last Updated: August 12, 2019

Even On The Good Days

Categories Grace, Pride
Even On The Good Days

Anyone else guilty of becoming a Pharisee on those days when you seem to have it all together? I let my pride creep in so often. I’ve even bragged about it on social media. I think to myself, “Ha! I am killin’ it! I got up on time, read my BIble and prayed, got my…Continue Reading “Even On The Good Days” →

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