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Jen Bradbury
Jan 28 · 5 min read

Five Minute Friday: Visit

5minutefridayToday, I'm linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker‘s Five Minute Friday. The rules: Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 

 This week's prompt: Visit.

It was bitterly cold in Chicago yesterday. According to...

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#refugee #Five Minute Friday #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Jan 27 · 5 min read

My New Passport

The other day, my new passport arrived in the mail.

Upon opening the envelope, the first thing I noticed was the absence of my previous passport. I grew immediately irritated as I reflected on the places that passport had taken me – Nicaragua,...

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#hope #Rwanda #brave #travel #miscarriage

Jen Bradbury
Jan 24 · 5 min read

Recent Reads: When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams

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When Women Were Birds

What the book's about: When Women Were Birds is about finding your voice. Rather than simply write an instructional book, Williams teaches her readers how to find their voice by sharing the story of how she found hers. To do this, Williams...

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#Women #writing #books

Jen Bradbury
Jan 23 · 5 min read

For the days you want to quit

This is for the days you want to quit.

- For the days when you dread checking your e-mail because you know there’s going to be another nastygram from someone you’ve upset.
- For the days when staff transitions leave you feeling unsettled.
- For the...

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#conflict #discussion #church #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Jan 22 · 5 min read

One Small Change: Supporting Someone By Hiring Them

I'm thrilled to be guest posting at Addie Zierman's blog today as part of her fantastic One Small Change Series. Her book, When We Were On Fire, was one of my favorites from 2013. 

Whenever my grass grows long, one of my students rides...

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#books

Jen Bradbury
Jan 21 · 5 min read

Five Minute Friday: Encouragement

5minutefridayToday, I'm linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker‘s Five Minute Friday. The rules: Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 

This week's prompt: Encouragement.

I met with him a few weeks ago to discuss his role on...

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#Five Minute Friday #affirmation #student leadership #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Jan 20 · 5 min read

Permission

Believing that who I am and what I have is enough, this year I give myself permission to...

- Be brave in all things
- Try new things
- Dream big
- Daydream, even if it seems like “wasting” time
- Devote time, energy, and even money to things that...

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#brave #writing #enough

Jen Bradbury
Jan 16 · 5 min read

Enough

Several years ago, my colleagues and I read and discussed the book, The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist. Among other things, this book introduced me to the concept of scarcity and abundance.

With regard to money, I immediately recognized myself in...

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#one word 365 #brave #Prayer #enough #books

Jen Bradbury
Jan 14 · 5 min read

Five Minute Friday: See

5minutefriday

Today, I'm linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker‘s Five Minute Friday. The rules: Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.

This week's prompt: See. 

Before Sunday School began, I laid down a bag of Peppermint...

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#Five Minute Friday #Prayer #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Jan 13 · 5 min read

Intergenerational Starts With Me

I’m an introvert. I love people, but I hate large groups and I despise small talk.

This means that my least favorite time of Sunday mornings is “coffee hour”. I dread this time so much so that most weeks, I make a mad dash from worship to the...

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#Intergenerational #church #student leadership #youth ministry

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  • Five Minute Friday: Visit
  • My New Passport
  • Recent Reads: When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams
  • For the days you want to quit
  • One Small Change: Supporting Someone By Hiring Them
  • Five Minute Friday: Encouragement
  • Permission
  • Enough
  • Five Minute Friday: See
  • Intergenerational Starts With Me

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