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#dateyourtown bingo: a fun way to explore your home town

May 24, 2019 · In: life, marriage, motherhood, things to do

what to do in your home town - staycation ideas - family fun things to do - What You Make It Blog

what to do in your home town - staycation ideas - family fun things to do - What You Make It Blog

You might recall that this blog came out of a time in my life when I was not happy about where I lived. I’ve always been a big city kind of girl. But we live in smallish city, pretty much in the country. It’s still an adjustment.

For a while, all I could do was see all the things that weren’t going on in our town. But things changed when I decided to start looking at the things we do have. And the longer I live here, the more things I find about it to love.

Ever find yourself in that situation? Feeling constant wanderlust, or like the grass is always greener somewhere else? Do things feel old or boring where you live? Maybe it’s time for you to #dateyourtown. This is a challenge to find or rediscover the place you call home.

I wrote a previous post about finding things to do in your town. But I thought I would up the ante, and share a way for you to try new things and keep track of them all. Meet #dateyourtown Bingo! If you score Bingo, you win 50 virtual hugs and 100 virtual high fives from me. Because you deserve it.

Click here to download the Bingo card, and make sure you post and tag your adventures using the hashtag #dateyourtown!

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what to do in your home town - staycation ideas - family fun things to do - ideas for things to do around home when you're bored - things to do with family and friends - mom blog - lifestyle blog - What You Make It Blog
what to do in your home town - staycation ideas - family fun things to do - ideas for things to do around home when you're bored - things to do with family and friends - mom blog - lifestyle blog - What You Make It Blog

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I don’t know if anyone has ever told you, but it’s okay for you to re-evaluate your faith and it’s okay for you to change your mind. God invites us to wonder, wander and wrestle. 

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She’s not going back. Not back to fear-based di She’s not going back.

Not back to fear-based discipleship and checklist Christianity.

Not when Jesus actually said, “you will find rest for your souls” (Mt 11:29), and the scriptures tell us it’s the Spirit that allows us to be “transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory.” (2 Cor 3:18) 

How about you? Join me for more on rebuilding with heart, grace, and curiosity when your faith shifts.

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True story…one day I was in church and it felt l True story…one day I was in church and it felt like everyone was staring at me.

Everyone could see all the horrible ways I was failing and falling short, I just knew it.

My breathing became labored, panicked, and I shakily stood up right in the middle of the sermon and pushed my baby’s stroller outside. 

That was the point at which I realized I needed help. I started biblical counseling, a place where I was lovingly encouraged to rethink some of the scripts that had been on replay in my mind, directed back to scriptures that actually weren’t meant to shame me.

Since then, I’ve been on a healing, expanding faith journey that looks so different than it used to. It’s brought more, darker and more challenging seasons but also so much freedom, so much grace, so much of a bigger and more beautiful worldview. My faith is only growing.

Are you on a journey like that? What prompted a shift for you?

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Worship music doesn’t quite hit on grief the sam Worship music doesn’t quite hit on grief the same way as lyrics like,

“I do not find worthiness in virtue, 
I no longer try to be good, 
It didn’t keep me safe 
like you told me it would”

You know what? I think it’s okay not to skip ahead to singing about victory. It’s okay to find language to express the season you’re in. (See the Psalms.)

In this season of re-evaluating my faith, here’s a sample of my de(and re)construction playlist:

Sympathy Magic - Florence + the Machine
Good News - Shaboozy
So Long London - Taylor Swift
Amen - Beyoncé 
Lady Lady - Olivia Dean
Returning to Myself - Brandi Carlile
Vienna - Billy Joel

How about you? What would you add?

Stick around if you need a friend for when your faith shifts ❤️

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We don’t talk about this part of de/reconstructi We don’t talk about this part of de/reconstruction enough:

our part in an unhealthy culture that promoted striving and shame over rest and grace.

For me, there were scriptures and good intentions, but also pride, insecurity, unrealistic standards, and simply, “this is just the way we do things.”

I’m sorry for the times I was led by people-pleasing and discipled by fear, and prompted others to do the same. I’m sorry for speaking before listening, and for caring more about keeping things status quo than having the hard conversations and seeing other perspectives.

When I wrote that sentence above years ago, I didn’t expect to end up leaving that community. It’s one of the most complicated, difficult things I’ve had to do, but one that was necessary.

If you’re grappling with complicated feelings about shifting and rebuilding your faith, I get it. Pull up a seat, and let’s keep the conversation going.

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