How to Choose Your Word of the Year (helpful reminders and simple steps)
When I was a young girl, I had the New Year’s resolution every year of reading through the Bible. On January 1, I would read 40 chapters...
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Esther Goetz
Nov 11, 20234 min read
My Childhood Jesuses
“If Jesus was Jewish, did He believe in Himself?” (Josh Goetz – 6) It all started with “Get-Out-of-Hell Free” Jesus, the earliest one I...
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Esther Goetz
May 25, 20232 min read
Not.A.Darn.Thing.
I was driving up the hill that leads to our home the other day, thinking about my four kids, and I just started to cry. Because you...
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Esther Goetz
Apr 18, 20233 min read
The Mom Vow That Shattered
It all started a whole bunch of long times ago in the vow I made to myself.
[MY KIDS WOULD BE WELL-BEHAVED]
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Esther Goetz
Apr 3, 20234 min read
Flipping Tables
God slowly and gently flipped my table.
My table that wanted retributive justice and believed it was the same for God.
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Esther Goetz
Mar 21, 20233 min read
Love/Hate Social Media
We all have a love/hate relationship with all things social media.
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Esther Goetz
Mar 13, 20232 min read
Gifts of the Darkness
Life is hard. Too hard in many ways.
DARK. Really dark.
But there are gifts from the darkness.
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Esther Goetz
Mar 8, 20233 min read
Dear Breath-Giving Daughters
We are the ones who provide just the right environment for new life to be created, nourished, and birthed and then do that again and again.
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Esther Goetz
Mar 2, 20233 min read
I Don't Agree with Dr. Seuss
Dear Dr. Seuss.
I wish your quote said this instead:
“Cry because it’s over…AND…smile because it happened.”
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Esther Goetz
Mar 1, 20233 min read
Mail Persons & Dog Biscuits
The power of kindness is unlike any other. It’s the real deal, the healing elixir in life.
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Esther Goetz
Feb 28, 20234 min read
Last Pieces of Pizza
It’s not the spectacular that forms us.
It’s the ordinary.
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Esther Goetz
Feb 26, 20232 min read
I Hear Voices (Jesus' temptation reimagined)
I hear voices.
Unkind ones. Accusing ones. Threatening ones.
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Esther Goetz
Feb 24, 20233 min read
Little Children and Constant Questions (Lent Day Three)
The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Not one that’s happening in the future after we die. But now.
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Esther Goetz
Feb 23, 20233 min read
Snowflakes and Secrets (Lent Day Two)
I wonder if Lent really aims to capture something else completely.
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Esther Goetz
Feb 22, 20233 min read
Beloved Dust (Thoughts on Ash Wednesday)
As I’ve begun to dive deeper into the mystery of God and some practices that help us to lean into reflection and wonder, I’ve taken up Lent.
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Esther Goetz
Feb 3, 20231 min read
10 Fun Ideas for Valentines Day for Big Kids
If your big kid is still at home or away from home, this is great way to remind them that they're never too old to have some Valentine...
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Esther Goetz
Feb 1, 20234 min read
Something All Moms Really Need
Trigger Warning: This post is going to cause some of you to smile with knowing gratitude and others of you to perhaps become a bit...
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Esther Goetz
Jan 26, 20234 min read
What My Dog Taught Me About Anxiety
My dog taught me a thing or two to hold onto when that mean monster of anxiety shows up.
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Esther Goetz
Jan 25, 20233 min read
What If I'm Not As Good As Other Moms
I remember the very first time it happened. I was handing the “snack that smiles back” to my toddler at play group and one mom said to...
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Esther Goetz
Jan 18, 20232 min read
When Life is Extra Hard
Here I sit, a litany of things running through my mom brain. I had planned a definite course that I was going to take you on today....
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