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Week 9 – A Safe Place for Conversation Aug 24, 2016

One of the hardest seasons in my ProGrace journey was a time where I felt alone with my rumbling thoughts about our Christian response to unplanned pregnancy and abortion. I had tried too many...

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Week 8 – The "Grace-First" Gospel Aug 16, 2016

The gospel I heard growing up was based on me getting cleaned up before I came to God – and then working very hard to stay clean in order for Him to be happy with me. For example, there was...

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Week 7 – Grace and Truth, Part 2 Aug 10, 2016

Last week we explored the question, “Based on what a woman is experiencing with an unplanned pregnancy, what truth would you tell her first?” And we focused mainly on which truth to...

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Week 6 – Grace and Truth Aug 02, 2016

“But what about grace and truth?” asked one of the participants in our 2-hour ProGrace workshop. It was one of our first workshops, but it was probably the tenth time I’d...

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Week 5 – Shame and Scarcity Jul 27, 2016

“My friend asked me how I let this happen and I felt so stupid…That’s what I thought people would think of me, that I was stupid or dumb. But, I was disappointed in myself...

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Week 4 – Grace and Forgiveness Jul 20, 2016

I’m sitting here laughing with God right now. Because his timing is so perfect…

I wrote the outlines for this 10-week ProGrace Experience over a month ago. And I thought for this...

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Week 3 – Grace Overcomes Shame Jul 13, 2016

I had several elementary school friends tell me that when they got in trouble, their moms would say, “Why can’t you be more like Angie?” Not exactly the reputation I wanted to...

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Week 2 – Continue the Conversation Jul 06, 2016

I went to my first several nonprofit leadership seminars totally unaware of people’s perception of the work I did. I was proud of our pregnancy counseling agency, as I thought we were trying...

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Week 1 – Start a Conversation Jun 29, 2016

Thanks for joining the 10-week ProGrace Experience! We’ve been on a 10-year journey of developing a new way to think and talk about the abortion issue. We look forward to sharing some of...

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What is the 10-week ProGrace Experience? Jun 28, 2016

I have been on the ProGrace journey for over a decade, and one thing I’ve learned is that it takes time to adopt a new way of thinking about unplanned pregnancy and abortion. Most of us have...

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What would Jesus say? Mar 07, 2016

Jimmy Kimmel introduces his video clip Jesus Quotes the Candidates with these words: “God is a very important part of this primary election. Most all of the candidates go out of their...

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Entering the Journey of Grace Dec 16, 2015

My family loves Christmas movies of all types, but our favorite movie to watch every Advent is The Nativity Story. It so humanizes the experience of both Mary and Joseph, and makes us feel like we...

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