Shannon Makujina
Taking Back Your Voice: Why Survivors Should Tell Their Stories
"Why do you talk about it so much?" I used to hear that question, usually from detractors. "You must be bitter." "Do you know how to...
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Shannon Makujina
May 304 min read
Preach the Gospel, die, and be forgotten
Last year, I subjected my roommate to watching the extended cut of all three Lord of the Rings movies. At 81 years old, Joan said she had...
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Shannon Makujina
Apr 217 min read
Sabbath - Part Two
The history of Sunday worship and its implications for the church The observance of Sunday worship was a gradual development, starting...
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Shannon Makujina
Apr 188 min read
Sabbath - Part One
“Don’t mow your lawn on Sunday. Don’t go grocery shopping on Sunday. Don’t work on Sunday.” I heard it almost every Sunday, predictably....
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Shannon Makujina
Apr 106 min read
I Love Douglas Wilson
I grew up in a theology saturated home. My father has a PhD in Biblical Languages and is truly the most brilliant person I have ever met....
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Shannon Makujina
Mar 267 min read
Examining Bill Gothard's Teaching on Defrauding from 1 Thes 4:3-8.
We sat in the living room together, having “family worship”. My dad opened his Bible and told us all to open to 1 Thessalonians 4. We...
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Lysandra Osterkamp
Mar 236 min read
Healthy in Marriage
Can a healthy marriage exist? You hear so many stories of terrible marriages. Women being physically abused by their husbands, men...
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Shannon Makujina
Dec 23, 20233 min read
Christmas Blues
We have no Christmas lights in our home. No tree. No wreath. My roommate doesn’t feel like Christmas this year. I don’t either. I cried...
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Hannah Brown
Dec 18, 20238 min read
Healthy Parenting After IFB
Hi there! So glad you could join me! Let’s chat for a minute… My name is Hannah and I’m a 28 year old mom of Irish twin boys (in case...
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Shannon Makujina
Dec 12, 20238 min read
Why Healthy? (For All Of Us Who Are Not)
When you hear healthy, what comes to mind? Vegetables? Yeah, me too. That’s not the kind of healthy I’m referring to, and we need to have...
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Shannon Makujina
Dec 8, 20232 min read
Midnight Musings
“You are so strong.” I probably hear those words every day. I smile and laugh, or if you are on social media, I’ll respond with a heart...
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Shannon Makujina
Nov 16, 20235 min read
One Year
It’s been one year. I was standing in a darkened church parking lot, my heart in my throat, as the music director got in between me and...
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Shannon Makujina
Oct 4, 20232 min read
I Am Going To....???
Nope...not so fast. You gotta read till the end to find out! God has been working in my life the past few months, opening and closing a...
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Shannon Makujina
Sep 29, 20235 min read
Don't Let Me Go!
In the Chosen, a multi season show about the ministry of Jesus and his disciples, Season Three ends in a strange way. Simon Peter,...
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Shannon Makujina
Sep 22, 20233 min read
Broken Cisterns, Living Hope
“Your presence and approval is all I need for lasting joy.” This is the second part of J.D. Greear’s Gospel Prayer, from the book Gospel....
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Shannon Makujina
Aug 21, 20234 min read
Hitler, Best Friends, and Calvary Love
“For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?” Jesus’s words sting as I read...
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Shannon Makujina
Aug 6, 20235 min read
Where Am I Now?
I’m not gonna lie--this week has been a rough one. I’ve never pretended to have it all together for my social media and I’m not about to...
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Shannon Makujina
Jul 29, 20234 min read
I Saw The Door
“I saw the door, praise God, I saw the door.” This was one of my favorite comments in response to a recent Facebook post on a recovering...
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Shannon Makujina
Jul 25, 20234 min read
Jesus, Jason Aldean, and Small Town Christianity
Jason Aldean’s song, Try That in a Small Town, is blowing up the internet right now, igniting a huge amount of controversy and garnering...
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Shannon Makujina
Jul 21, 202315 min read
What Should She Not Do: A Biblical Critique of Jay Adams' Article "What Should She Do."
Jay E. Adams—the father of the nouthetic (Biblical) counseling movement, has a history of horrible of Bible interpretation, but the...
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Shannon Makujina
Taking Back Your Voice: Why Survivors Should Tell Their Stories
"Why do you talk about it so much?" I used to hear that question, usually from detractors. "You must be bitter." "Do you know how to...
66 views0 comments
Shannon Makujina
Preach the Gospel, die, and be forgotten
Last year, I subjected my roommate to watching the extended cut of all three Lord of the Rings movies. At 81 years old, Joan said she had...
138 views1 comment
Shannon Makujina
Sabbath - Part Two
The history of Sunday worship and its implications for the church The observance of Sunday worship was a gradual development, starting...
41 views0 comments
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