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Bringing Light to Darkness

Ashley Chesnut
I knew we needed to talk about it. ...
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Stop and Pray

Ashley Chesnut
I recently came back from a short-term trip working with our Central Asian Church-Planting Team, and while it was a challenging trip in many ways, one of my favorite stories from the week involved...
Women

Advent Resources

Ashley Chesnut
I wanted to become more intentional about focusing on Christ throughout the holiday season and not just on Christmas Day. If you're looking for some resources to help you with this,
Women

The Fruit of Loneliness

Ashley Chesnut
have you ever thought what you want the fruit of your loneliness to be?
Women

The Pain of Loneliness

Ashley Chesnut
I have a lot of experience with breakups.
Women

The Burden of Guilt & Shame (Part 2)

Ashley Chesnut
We cannot judge what’s true by what we feel because our feelings will mislead us.
Women

The Burden of Guilt & Shame (Part 1)

Ashley Chesnut
Although guilt and shame travel together, they are not the same thing.
Women

The Agony of Anxiety

Ashley Chesnut
I was hit with a wave of anxiety because of
Women

A Closet Hater

Ashley Chesnut
But that’s what happened this spring. And it took taking a class on “problematic emotions” for me to recognize it.
Women

Haters Gonna Hate, But Not Christians

Ashley Chesnut
politics and laws do not change people’s hearts, which is why we are a nation still divided this long after Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Act.
Women

When Our Feelings Do Not Match Our Beliefs (Part 2)

Ashley Chesnut
Don’t carry around the guilt Christ came to set you free from.
Women

When Our Feelings Do Not Match Our Beliefs (Part 1)

Ashley Chesnut
Have you ever experienced a disconnect between what you knew to be true and how you felt?
Women

Am I Emotionally Unhealthy?

Ashley Chesnut
You might have read these descriptions and thought, “Oh no! That’s me!”
Women

Emotions & Smoke Detectors

Ashley Chesnut
There wasn’t a fire. In fact, I even had a warning
Women

God and Emotions and You

Ashley Chesnut
It is a lie that we cannot control our emotions.
Women

Discipling Your Emotions

Ashley Chesnut
This scene in Inside Out is my favorite in the entire movie. Don’t you wish you could have such running commentary
Women

Making Confession & Hearing Confession

Ashley Chesnut
you can imagine my surprise when the college junior sitting across from me chose that particular place and time to tell me about
Women

Celebrating Mother's Day...When Mother's Day is Hard

Ashley Chesnut
Mother's Day is bittersweet for so many. Let's not forget those among us who close their Facebook feeds, skip church, and wish for it all to be over.
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A Lack of Service is a Worship Problem

Ashley Chesnut
“If every believer served and gave of their time and money like you do, what would the church be like?”
Women

Purity is a Spiritual Discipline?

Ashley Chesnut
If I could have several do-overs in life, I know what one of them would be.
Women

Learning & Loving God

Ashley Chesnut
How can you love God - truly love God - without learning? Love without knowledge is fluffy and superficial. It’s naive. And knowledge without love is dry, stuffy, stale, overbearing, and legalistic.
Women

Easter and the Outsider

Ashley Chesnut
Simplistic answers did not suffice. "Just have faith" was not enough for her.
Women

Confessions of a Journaling Junkie

Ashley Chesnut
What you write down does not have to be tied up in a neat theological bow (or even written in complete sentences).
Women

Easter Playlist

Ashley Chesnut
If you would like to create an Easter playlist, our Brook Hills Worship Team has put together a list of songs that you can download
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