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Change.
Everything seems to change suddenly when you get older. You think in moments of pure joy that nothing could ever shift. It's not that you...

Aynsley Vivian
May 23, 2024
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You just need to be adequate.
I think I have "smell nostalgia". It's that phenomenon where certain smells take you back to certain memories, places, or times. I know a...

Aynsley Vivian
Jan 5, 2024
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Did you Receive Him Well?
I got this gift a while ago, but I am reminded of it every year. I don't think I've ever greatly appreciated a gift like this one. But...

Aynsley Vivian
Dec 26, 2023
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"Nothing could be finer..."
Early breakfast. Tuesday morning. Driving down an interstate with a cold brew in hand. Parking. Waiting. Five minutes later, two tired...

Aynsley Vivian
Dec 16, 2023
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Unrested love.
One day, I'm going to proceed to do something that God clearly wants me to do... ...at least, that's what I'm praying for. I'm praying...

Aynsley Vivian
Jan 30, 2023
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Dolce Far Niente.
Introduction The quickest way to escape our own crazy lives is to escape into the lives of others. Last semester was unreal. Some of us...

Aynsley Vivian
Jan 17, 2023
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Will you end on a cliffhanger?
Your life is a cliffhanger. Today, my church finished its two and half year series on the Book of Acts. And honestly, the end of the Book...

Aynsley Vivian
Nov 21, 2022
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You need them.
Let me pinpoint a little issue... It's probably ironic that I am sitting on my bedroom floor writing this article on community. It...

Aynsley Vivian
Oct 30, 2022
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Romans 4
Introduction I wonder if in your reading of Scripture, you have ever divided the Old and New Testament in your heads? Seems pretty...

Aynsley Vivian
Aug 21, 2022
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Romans 3
Introduction Have you ever subconsciously thought that maybe there was another way to God? And you strive and strive and strive and, in...

Aynsley Vivian
Aug 14, 2022
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Romans 2
Introduction At separate times in reading Romans 2, I considered my own hypocrisy. I'm intrigued as to whether you did too. It made me...

Aynsley Vivian
Aug 7, 2022
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Romans 1
Introduction I remember sitting in the church hall as the people stood and explained the gospel so clearly to me. They clarified the two...

Aynsley Vivian
Jul 31, 2022
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Introduction to Romans Series
An Introduction to Romans Devotional A couple of years ago now - unbelievable to even say - I approached the book of Proverbs with...

Aynsley Vivian
Jul 24, 2022
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When it's time to be patient.
Do storm clouds hover over all the time? If so, how do I feel the sun so often? In the words of Arcadian Wild, "I'm being followed by the...

Aynsley Vivian
Jun 27, 2022
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Continuity
Maybe it was Biblical Theology. Or maybe it was just seeing God working in my life. But I can't escape this idea that maybe my purpose is...

Aynsley Vivian
Jun 7, 2022
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Contented.
Smiling has kind of been the norm right now. I've hit a plateau in my life where it seems hard not to praise God every single second,...

Aynsley Vivian
May 18, 2022
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An explosion of control
Do you ever wonder how much control you have ever had? It's like this musical "Tick, Tick, Boom!" - honestly, for a controlling guy like...

Aynsley Vivian
Mar 11, 2022
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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi ("Thus Passeth Worldly Glory")
I'll never forget the tears streaming down my mom's face that morning. "Notre Dame Cathedral...its burning down," Mom's eyes practically...

Aynsley Vivian
Feb 4, 2022
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I'm feeling '22
New Year's Day felt pretty good. I spent the morning procrastinating. And any good year starts off that way, doesn't it? Well, you check...

Aynsley Vivian
Jan 3, 2022
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Cross-eyed
Cross-Eyed I weep when the battle tends to creep Upon me, when victory against distance Is not cheap. I mourn for the thorn In my side:...

Aynsley Vivian
Dec 25, 2021
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