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2014 Peacemaker Conference LiveBlogs
In just three weeks, I will have the joy of serving at the 2014 Peacemaker Conference. If there is any possibility you can join us September 25-27 in Colorado Springs (or earlier for some of the pre-conference advanced training events), it truly would be wonderful to spend time with you there. But if you can’t make it to Colorado, please do plan to pop into the LiveBlogs and say hello. (If you have no idea what a LiveBlog is, you can learn more about them here.) Thanks, all! And hope to see you in Colorado or on the LiveBlogs— Yours, Tara B.
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Two MORE (Free!) Books to Encourage You as You Minister: Made for More (Hannah Anderson) & Gospel-Centered Teaching (Trevin Wax)
It’s almost September 1 and the biggest WIN FREE STUFF GIVEAWAY of (biblical & practical) resources our family has ever done is coming to a close. THANK YOU for all of the sweet comments and for letting others know about Living the Gospel in Relationships video series. Fred and the girls and I are so grateful. To round out our gifts of the just-released ESV Women’s Devotional Bible (which I was so blessed to receive an advanced copy of), we are adding two books that I am confident you will truly enjoy: Made for More: An Invitation to Live in God’s Image by Hannah Anderson Gospel-Centered Teaching: Showing Christ in All the Scripture by Trevin Wax So that puts the count of…
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Begging Jesus for Sleep
Last week I endured one of my (relatively common) stretches of insomnia. It was, as always, incredibly hard to bear. If you have never struggled with acute, lasting sleeplessness (the kind that goes for hour after hour, night after night), please know that I am thrilled for you. I rejoice as I leave the room with my sleeping-soundly husband and walk past the room with my sleeping-soundly children, accompanied by my formerly-sleeping-soundly Golden Retriever (who always tries to keep me company during my marathon stretches of being up all night—but even she, ultimately, collapses in sleep at my feet after a certain amount of hours). One of my dearest friends…
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Adding TWO MORE BOOKS to our giveaway: United – Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity (Trillia Newbell) & The Gospel at Work (Traeger/Gilbert)
Given the important things happening in our country right now, I wanted to be sure you all know about Trillia Newbell’s wonderful book: United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity So I thought it would be fun to add a brand-new copy to our family’s current WIN FREE STUFF GIVEAWAY (which ends on September 1). (which I was so blessed to receive an advanced copy of). As always, NO RISK OF SPAM! So I hope you will join in the fun: Click Here to Enter to Win the ESV Women’s Devotional Bible + 15 Other (Great!) Books Thanks and blessings, Tara B.
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Does the Neglect and Abuse of Your Childhood Sometimes Still Jump Up and Surprise You (Even as an Adult, Christian Woman)?
Recently, a dear friend of mine wept silent streams of tears as she learned a little bit more about my childhood and some of the suffering I experienced in my family of origin. This is not a topic I talk about often, but when I do, it does not currently hurt me. It did at first. The ache; the ripping open of my chest as though I would die; the hot feeling of acid on every inch of my skin and the acute, instinctual reaction to pull back from every single person? I felt it all as a young adult when I first started to look back, acknowledge what had happened to…
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How to Write a Eulogy for a Bad Mother / a Mother Who Didn’t Love You
(A re-post from 2013 …) Tomorrow it will be four months to the day since my mother died. I cry less, but I still cry. My dreams are not as disturbed as they were at first—but I do still have those particularly troubling ones wherein I am leading my mother out of her nursing home and tucking her into the car to get her the heck away from there. And as I am doing so, I’m thinking to myself, “This is so great! They said she would never leave this place, but here we are. Leaving! But uh-oh. How are we going to care for her? She can’t even move three steps…
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Live Blogs (Near-Transcriptions) of the 2014 Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference
I hope that the following LiveBlogs for The 2014 Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference are a blessing to you. It truly was our family’s joy to have me serve in this way. Friday, June 27 4:00PM (Eastern) Plenary 1 – Kathy Keller: Taking Action in Light of God’s Word (Nehemiah 1-2) 7:30PM Plenary 2 – Tim Keller: Laboring for a God Who Fights For Us (Nehemiah 3-4) Saturday, June 28 8:30AM Plenary 3 – Paige Benton Brown: Fearing God in a Fallen World (Nehemiah 5-6) 10:30AM Plenary 4 – Nancy Guthrie: Coming Together Around God’s Word (Nehemiah 7-8) 7:30PM Plenary 5 – John Piper: Responding to God According to His Word (Nehemiah 9-10)…
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Gospel Coalition LiveBlog #7: Don Carson – Leaning Forward in the Dark: A Failed Reformation (Nehemiah 13)
Welcome to the Don Carson Plenary Session LiveBlog! If you have any questions about LiveBlogging, please feel free to visit this page of my website and/or to contact me directly and I will try my very best to assist you. If you would like to read the other Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference LiveBlogs (on air today or in replay mode at any time), this page of my website will bring you to both the 2014 and 2012 Conference LiveBlogs. I hope the LiveBlogs are a blessing to you! Many thanks to Collin Hansen and Josh Matthew for allowing me the great privilege of serving in this way. Your sister in Christ,…
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Gospel Coalition LiveBlog #5: John Piper – Responding to God According to His Word (Nehemiah 9-10)
Welcome to the John Piper Plenary Session LiveBlog! If you have any questions about LiveBlogging, please feel free to visit this page of my website and/or to contact me directly and I will try my very best to assist you. If you would like to read the other Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference LiveBlogs (on air today or in replay mode at any time), this page of my website will bring you to both the 2014 and 2012 Conference LiveBlogs. I hope the LiveBlogs are a blessing to you! Many thanks to Collin Hansen and Josh Matthew for allowing me the great privilege of serving in this way. Your sister in Christ, Tara Barthel
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Gospel Coalition LiveBlog #4: Nancy Guthrie – Coming Together Around God’s Word (Nehemiah 7-8)
Welcome to the Nancy Guthrie Plenary Session LiveBlog! If you have any questions about LiveBlogging, please feel free to visit this page of my website and/or to contact me directly and I will try my very best to assist you. If you would like to read the other Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference LiveBlogs (on air today or in replay mode at any time), this page of my website will bring you to both the 2014 and 2012 Conference LiveBlogs. I hope the LiveBlogs are a blessing to you! Many thanks to Collin Hansen and Josh Matthew for allowing me the great privilege of serving in this way. Your sister in Christ, Tara Barthel
