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Scribbling Toward Sainthood
Welcome! I’m Megan, a recovering cynic writing her way through life’s tangle of doubts, lessons, struggles, and triumphs. By sharing my faith journey, I hope to remind you that you are not alone in whatever you’re facing today.
And now these three remain: Faith, Hope, and Love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Faith in Action
Take a moment to refresh, refocus, and refine your faith. “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but...
Megan L. Anderson
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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Hope Renewed
Take a moment to refresh, refocus, and refine your faith. “When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul” – Psalm...
Megan L. Anderson
Mar 18, 20242 min read
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Side Character Complex
Isaiah 43:19 "Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the...
Megan L. Anderson
Mar 4, 20242 min read
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The Spirit Descends
Take a moment to refresh, refocus, and refine your faith. What do we do when words refuse to flow? When our tongues weigh so heavy with...
Megan L. Anderson
Apr 10, 20232 min read
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Promoting Peace Through Narrative
This piece is adapted from a speech given on May 22nd, at the 2022 Peace Scholarship award ceremony. High school seniors are challenged...
Megan L. Anderson
May 30, 20225 min read
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31 Spiritual Reflection Questions
Whether you'd like to spice up group discussion or challenge yourself during personal meditation, you can use these questions as a...
Megan L. Anderson
Mar 30, 20212 min read
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Acting Authentically
Original Article, 2018 When does acting become lying? “Smile, Smile, SMILE!!!” and exuding “over-the-top” enthusiasm and friendliness are...
Megan L. Anderson
Jul 29, 20202 min read
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Cloud of Witnesses
Original, December 2019 Something about starting a fresh decade makes a person reflective. We look back in wonder, and sometimes...
Megan L. Anderson
Jul 18, 20205 min read
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Spurring Toward Faith
Do you ever catch yourself reading on autopilot? Your eyes scan each line, but your mind is too busy contemplating something else to...
Megan L. Anderson
Jul 10, 20205 min read
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INTJ vs. Autism: A Lesson on Grace
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging (INTJ): that’s my Meyers-Briggs personality type. We’re the somewhat aloof ones, the quiet...
Megan L. Anderson
Jun 29, 20204 min read
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The Virtue of Quitting
Instead of harrumphing about things we don’t want to do, certain family members and I quote the “Once more unto the breach, dear...
Megan L. Anderson
Jun 22, 20203 min read
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Thirsting for Life
Statistics would probably reveal I’ve spent more time in nursing homes, rehabs, and hospitals than the average under-forty. It’s not the...
Megan L. Anderson
Jun 15, 20203 min read
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Making Disciples vs. Making Plans
Charges to feed the hungry, host the homeless, and clothe the naked are peppered throughout the bible, but you won’t find Jesus...
Megan L. Anderson
Jun 10, 20204 min read
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Live Bravely. Live Loved.
2019 was a year of personal and professional risk-taking for me. I changed everything from career and social circle to how I conduct...
Megan L. Anderson
Jun 1, 20203 min read
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Common Ground
Arms laden with file folders, I made my way toward the library’s study room to sort three years’ worth of church after school program...
Megan L. Anderson
Jun 1, 20204 min read
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Vibrant Single Women in Scripture
Plenty of women in scripture left legacies that don’t revolve around marital or reproductive status. And yet the cult mentality around...
Megan L. Anderson
May 25, 20204 min read
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Thoughts from an Irreverent Bridesmaid
You might call me a semi-pro bridesmaid. I’ve soldiered many a wedding day trench, armed with curling iron and fashion tape. I’ve worked...
Megan L. Anderson
May 18, 20205 min read
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Troubling Our Own Waters
11/13/2019 One of the most perilous stretches along our faith journey is the path between worldly ambition and divine contentment. When...
Megan L. Anderson
May 18, 20203 min read
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Salvation Through Stories
(Adapted from a sermon I delivered 28 April 2019, at Russiaville Friends Church) Sometimes in the pursuit of new ideas, I find myself...
Megan L. Anderson
May 11, 20208 min read
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The Power of Living Small
2017 “You’re not a moron. You’re only a case of arrested development,” Ernest Hemingway wrote in The Sun Also Rises. Arrested...
Megan L. Anderson
May 11, 20205 min read
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