REDEEM: marriage (part 2)

April 28, 2011

Session 2: “YOU Need to Change”
The following blog was written by Sojourn members Chris and Kat French as a reflection on the Redeem: Marriage Conference that took place in April, 2011.
from Kat:
If it’s easy to see the speck in the eye of an acquaintance, while ignoring the plank in our own, I think that when [...]

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REDEEM: marriage (part 1)

April 28, 2011

Session 1: A Match Made in Heaven
The following blog was written by Sojourn members Chris and Kat French as a reflection on the Redeem: Marriage Conference that took place in April, 2011.
from Kat:
I think almost all of us can relate to the way that our expectations and
view of marriage change, both over the years, and [...]

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Redeeming Your Marriage (Part 4)

April 11, 2011

The following blog was written by Sojourn East member Terra Santos in preparation for the upcoming Redeem: Marriage Conference.
The following two conversations do not represent any two specific Sojourners’ stories but the thoughts of many instead. It was written by Sojourn East member Terra Santos.

“It seems like it’s all he ever wants. I’m SO tired [...]

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Redeeming Your Marriage (Part 3)

April 11, 2011

The following blog was written by Sojourn East member Terra Santos in preparation for the upcoming Redeem: Marriage Conference.
“We used to talk ALL of the time.  We spent hours on the phone.  We sent email after email.  We even Facebooked each other cute messages.  He’d leave me super sweet notes to find [...]

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Redeeming Your Marriage (Part 2)

April 11, 2011

The following blog was written by Sojourn East member Terra Santos in preparation for the upcoming Redeem: Marriage Conference.
These are the kinds of struggles men face, which we women are often blinded to:
I can’t believe we’re arguing over this same thing again.  Seriously.  How many times do we have to talk about this?  [...]

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Redeeming Your Marriage (Part 1)

April 11, 2011

The following blog was written by Sojourn East member Terra Santos in preparation for the upcoming Redeem: Marriage Conference.
Do you ever wonder what happened to the excitement you once experienced with your spouse? Maybe your story sounds something like this:
I remember having butterflies the first time we held hands. By the sheer [...]

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Day 6—Leaving Haiti & the Trip Home: Friday, 28 May 2010

June 13, 2010

Waking up tired and sticky, the cold shower never felt so good!  I was up by 5:15am as we took turns taking showers, packing, and cleaning up evidence of our stay at the guesthouse for the past 5 days.  I applied one more layer of insect repellent from head to toe as we waited for [...]

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Day 5—The God of All Comfort & Tent Cities in Haiti: Thursday, 27 May 2010

June 11, 2010

I woke up around 3:45am by a loudspeaker that amplified the drone of a Haitian man whose message was delivered in a militant-like cadence.  It was hard to go back to sleep because I thought I heard the jeer of a crowd, which caused my mind to imagine a rebellious uprising taking place right outside [...]

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Day 4—Teaching & Longing for Home in Haiti: Wednesday, 26 May 2010

June 9, 2010

I woke up around 5:00am thinking about how I will teach the pastors about gospel counseling, which requires both understanding the heart of a person and proclaiming gospel truths in specific and personal ways. The Lord was gracious to help me sketch out the details and approach for the two practical skills training sessions. After [...]

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Day 3—A Birthday and A Spiritual Battle in Haiti: Tuesday, 25 May 2010

June 8, 2010

Right after receiving a “Happy 50th Birthday” text from my precious wife, my good friend Pastor Mike Wilkerson was the first one in Haiti to wish me a happy birthday … he confessed that my wife reminded him to do so!  I felt loved anyway!  I was thankful to not only wake up to another [...]

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