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Jen Bradbury
Mar 31 · 5 min read

Review: The Gift of Friendship edited by Dawn Camp (+ a giveaway!)

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My favorite comedy is Friends, I think because for years, I longed for the kind of close-knit friendships depicted in the show. Thanks to an amazing small group experience a decade ago, I found those kinds of friends – friends that have been with...

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#Friends #hope #miscarriage #babies #motherhood #books

Jen Bradbury
Mar 23 · 5 min read

Stuff You Can Use: All the Time Prayer Station

I'm a big believer in the power of experiential learning. To this end, instead of giving a talk about prayer, I'd much rather create a series of prayer stations designed to give students the opportunity to pray in a variety of ways.

Over the next...

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#Stuff You Can Use #Friends #Prayer #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Apr 01 · 5 min read

Review: Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist

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As a child in the 80's and a teenager in the 90's, I somehow missed all the boy band fads. I was never an NKOTB or Backstreet Boys groupie or really, even a fan. To be honest, I don't feel as though my life is lacking because I wasn't.

It's only...

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#Friends #Community

Jen Bradbury
Jan 16 · 5 min read

Lose the Flash

In reflecting on the success of the TV show, Friends, it's producers have said, "Our best episodes became the ones with just the six of them in the room.” To the show's producers, the heart of Friends was not it's flash. It wasn't special...

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#Friends #Teaching #scripture

Jen Bradbury
Jan 10 · 5 min read

The sitcom, Friends, pasta, and holy ground

My all-time favorite sitcom is Friends. Though I was a bit late to the party initially, I've now seen every single episode.

Let's be honest: I've seen every episode way more than once. I can recite most of them word for word.

Yet, I return to...

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#Friends #Community #hope #Leaders #youth ministry

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  • Review: The Gift of Friendship edited by Dawn Camp (+ a giveaway!)
  • Stuff You Can Use: All the Time Prayer Station
  • Review: Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist
  • Lose the Flash
  • The sitcom, Friends, pasta, and holy ground

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