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Jen Bradbury
Jul 07 · 5 min read

What I'm Into (June, 2017 Edition)

What I'm Reading:

Fiction: 

Between our trip to Africa and my mission trip to Haiti, June was a SLOW month for fiction reading. 

Book I couldn't put down: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I know, the...

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#What I'm Into #books #research #Arbor Research Group #travel #Missions #writing #Unleashing #Leaders #transitions

Jen Bradbury
Jun 23 · 5 min read

18 tips for traveling with toddlers

My husband and I have traveled a LOT with our daughter, Hope. My in-laws joke that Hope has been on a plane more in her first two years than some people are in their entire lifetime. When people hear how much we've traveled with Hope, they often...

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#Rwanda #toddlers #travel #joy #parenting

Jen Bradbury
Jun 22 · 5 min read

Review: At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider

Before we had kids, my husband and I loved to travel together. As juniors in college, we studied abroad in Russia. Ever since then, whenever we've gotten the chance to go somewhere, we have.

One of my fears in becoming a parent was that we'd stop...

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#Rwanda #research #travel #Arbor Research Group #racism #parenting #books

Jen Bradbury
Jan 18 · 5 min read

Prioritize what others need

I took most of the week off between Christmas and New Years, as did most of my colleagues. During that time, my family vacationed in San Antonio. We explored, rested, and had fun. We shut our laptops and distanced ourselves from our jobs.

When I...

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#retreats #Prayer #youth ministry management #travel #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Oct 04 · 5 min read

Don’t Pigeonhole Students

While on vacation, my extended family and I went boating, something I have fond memories of from childhood vacations.

As is often the case when extended family gathers, as we sat around the beach, people started telling stories. One story was told...

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#identity #travel #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Oct 04 · 5 min read

What I'm Into (August / September, 2016 Edition)

What I'm Reading:

Fiction:

The end of summer and the beginning of fall have been CRAZY! Nevertheless, I read 7 fiction books during the last two months.

Best beach read: Truly Madly Guilty by  Liane Moriarty. I don't typically consider...

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#student leadership #What I'm Into #travel #books

Jen Bradbury
Sep 05 · 5 min read

To the couple frustrated by my screaming toddler

Dear Todd and Margo -

I admit, I don't know if these are actually your real names. They're likely not. But when we had the misfortune of meeting you tonight at dinner, you reminded my husband and I an awful lot of Todd and Margo Chester – the...

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#research #writing #travel #open letter #parenting #motherhood #grace #toddlers

Jen Bradbury
Jun 06 · 5 min read

What I'm Into (May, 2016 Edition)

What I'm Reading:

Fiction:

May was even more INSANE than April. Nevertheless, I still read three fiction books. 

Best mystery: The Last Mile by David Baldacci. 

Non-fiction:

I also read two non-fiction books during April: Colors of...

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#What I'm Into #travel #youth pastor #Arbor Research Group #breastfeeding #motherhood #books

Jen Bradbury
May 20 · 5 min read

The importance of the nursing God

At a recent conference, I attended a workshop where, among other things, the presenter made the case for using gender-neutral pronouns to teach children and youth about God.

This is a debate that rages in a lot of circles. People fear that if we...

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#youth ministry #conferences #motherhood #babies #pregnancy #breastfeeding #travel #Women #scripture #Missions

Jen Bradbury
May 07 · 5 min read

What I'm Into (April, 2016 Edition)

What I'm Reading:

Fiction:

April was an INSANE month. Nevertheless, I still got some reading in. 

Best mystery:  What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan  

Perfect beach read:  Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny...

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#What I'm Into #books #conferences #The Youth Cartel #refugee #Jesus gap #Arbor Research Group #research #travel #babies #confirmation

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Latest Posts

  • What I'm Into (June, 2017 Edition)
  • 18 tips for traveling with toddlers
  • Review: At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider
  • Prioritize what others need
  • Don’t Pigeonhole Students
  • What I'm Into (August / September, 2016 Edition)
  • To the couple frustrated by my screaming toddler
  • What I'm Into (May, 2016 Edition)
  • The importance of the nursing God
  • What I'm Into (April, 2016 Edition)

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