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February 13, 2017
3-1 Mary DeMuth (me!)
This week I’m sharing a very vulnerable story–the time I visited the place where I was raped at five years old. This pilgrimage happened right after Christmas last year, and this is the first time I’m publicly talking about it. (I shared a bit in writing with my email subscribers. If you’re interested in becoming […]
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February 12, 2017
Happy Birthday, Aidan!
I’m grateful to be a mother of a son. It’s true all they say about a mother’s bond with a son. It’s unique. It’s sweet. It’s full of heart. My middle child (now six foot four of him) is twenty-one now–facial haired and wise. He is responsible, dedicated, and lighthearted. He loves his friends well. […]
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February 9, 2017
Is the American Church about the Gospel?
Recently, I remembered a piece I dissected in college, a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne entitled, “The Celestial Railroad.” It’s a parody, of serious sorts, about Bunyan’s Pilgrims Progress, where in enlightened modern times, folks have taken to bypass such nonsense as a walking journey to the Celestial City in favor of a new railroad. […]
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February 6, 2017
2-20 Paul Lanum
Paul Lanum works at Right Now Ministries that creates and curates Christian content for the church. He’s Vice President of Publishing and Conferences. My daughter Sophie works there as well, and Paul is her amazing boss. I’m so excited to introduce you to him. How Our Stories Intersected I met Paul through our mutual friend […]
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February 2, 2017
Why you need a personal manifesto
A few weeks ago on the Restory Show, Kathi Lipp shared about creating her own personal manifesto. She very kindly offered to give away the how-to. So I took her up on her generous offer and downloaded the very easy to follow instructions. I poured over her (and Cheri Gregory’s) words, then augmented with some […]
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January 30, 2017
2-19 – Aaron Graham
Aaron Graham is the pastor of The District Church in Washington D.C. He’s got some amazing stories to tell today on the Restory Show, and I can’t wait for you to hear them. He lives in DC with his wife and two children. How Our Stories Intersected Aaron and I met through our church. The […]
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Season 2 Episode 19 – Aaron Graham
Aaron Graham is the pastor of The District Church in Washington D.C. He’s got some amazing stories to tell today on the Restory Show, and I can’t wait for you to hear them. He lives in DC with his wife and two children. How Our Stories Intersected Aaron and I met through our church. The […]
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January 26, 2017
Wife, Receive that Compliment
“You’re beautiful,” my husband Patrick told me. But I didn’t believe him. Wouldn’t believe him is more like the truth. That simple exchange of compliment and deflection ate away at our marriage like lymphoma. After faithfully sharing those words for months, I noticed my husband’s silence. We had one of those talks—the hard ones where […]
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January 24, 2017
Launch your book with JOY
There were no courses on launching books when I started so many years ago. I had to learn on the fly how to promote my book, how to create a launch team, and when to schedule media. I know you must feel as I did back then–totally overwhelmed. There seems to be 123 things to […]
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January 23, 2017
2-18 – Anna Smit
Anna Smit is one of the authors I met in Geneva last year at the writers intensive. She has a heart to see others set free because she has her own story of emancipation. Below is a picture of her, her daughter, and her mom not too long before her mom died. Anna had the […]
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