June 10, 2025
I Will Answer yes, prayer essay title card with happily married couple
Published by Rita Mock-Pike at June 10, 2025
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I Will Answer Yes

One evening, readers were challenged to sit back, shut up, and listen. We were led to ask the Lord to speak clearly and listen to Him and trust that what He spoke would encourage and uplift us. As most of us know, keeping back a flood of thoughts in a quiet room can be rather challenging. But I somehow managed to still myself and my own thoughts, and soon found my mind resting in the space quietly.
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May 27, 2025
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Published by Cyndi Lublink at May 27, 2025
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It Was Supposed to Be About Being Well-Loved

Love is a risk every single time. A worthy one. One I have by His grace been able to go all-in on. When we love, we jump. We risk it all for the hope, the promise, the forever. It feels like a miracle to be able to do this when you have been hurt mentally, emotionally, and physically. To me, it reveals God’s grace, his mercy, his healing, and the tenacity He created me with. I have been told many times that I have a gift of love. There’s a reserve within me with which only He could have gifted me.
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May 24, 2025
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Published by Rita Mock-Pike at May 24, 2025
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Positivity Corner: Writing Theology Papers

You see, writing theology papers isn’t just a school task for me. It’s an exploration of what I’m learning, how I’m growing, how I’m changing, how I’m developing as an adult human. So much of youth was spent regurgitating rote memorization and trying to make a grade. But now, in seminary I’m synthesizing and expanding the knowledge I’m gaining. And it is an utter delight!
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May 20, 2025
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Published by Rita Mock-Pike at May 20, 2025
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Breath Prayers and Reflections – Positivity Corner

This past couple of years, I’ve stumbled into a lovely way to reflect, calm, and breathe. It’s something the leadership team at my church has encouraged […]
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May 6, 2025
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Published by Rita Mock-Pike at May 6, 2025
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Creative Outlets for Pure Joy

Creativity is my day job. I mean that seriously – I earn my living by creating content in various forms. Editor, writer, photographer, and much more – and it’s all about putting food on the table and keeping a roof over our heads.
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April 10, 2025
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Published by The MockingOwls at April 10, 2025
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Thank God I’m Leaving Here! – Writing Memories

The guy from choir really didn’t get it. I’d lived in Chicago before – I knew the murder rate per capita was higher in Tallahassee anyway. And wearing boots? What did that have to do with Nashville? I don’t wear boots now. My location wasn’t going to change that. And I sure as hell wasn’t ever going to carry a Rebel flag.
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April 9, 2025
two women in conversation, turning away from each other - unconventional choices
Published by The MockingOwls at April 9, 2025
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Unconventional Choices – Things I Wish I Had Said

I had accused her of misogyny – only ‘respecting’ me when I’ve been in relationships with men she approved of, as if this gave me personhood. She denied it, of course, but throughout my adult life, I’d seen the pattern. She only seemed to think of me as a “real” adult when I had a man. She wasn’t the only one to treat me this way.
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April 4, 2025
Male-presenting runner jogging along a wooded trail - TEXT: Run with the Idea - Fitness for Creatives - James C. Bassett
Published by James C. Bassett at April 4, 2025
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Run With the Idea

Running was always my second-greatest dread; only a visit to the dentist outclassed running. In the most extreme of circumstances, I could perhaps have envisioned myself running from a dentist. If when Anubis weighs my soul I am found wanting, my personal hell will surely involve spending an endlessly repeating Sisyphean eternity running to a dental procedure.
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March 25, 2025
Sepia tone map of Australia - Issy Jinarmo - Jill, Maureen, Narelle - interview by Katie Daniels
Published by Katie Daniels at March 25, 2025
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Issy Jinarmo: Three Writers as One, an Interview

Issy Jinarmo is the creative brain child of playwright and author Jill Baggett, author Narelle Noppert, and journalist and author Maureen Kelly OAM. The three long-distance friends, who have rarely met in person, found their passion and a similar writing style during online forums with the Fellowship of Australian Writers during the Covid shutdown.
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June 13, 2024
you are loved - a blessing for those in urgent moments - cover image with text over candles
Published by Rita Mock-Pike at June 13, 2024
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A Blessing for Those in Urgent Moments

May the peace of assurance rest upon your shoulders like a soft cloak that warms you in winter. May the song of joy fill your heart with energy like a bird’s call fills the early spring air.
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