Rev. Susan Eaton
Is It Really Better to Give Than to Receive?
Yesterday, my husband and I received a gift. It wasn’t money. It wasn’t a new gadget. It was the gift of time, ingenuity, sweat, and...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Feb 9
- 2 min
I Did NOT See That Coming!
I’ll never forget the day we went with our children and our friends’ children to see the Lego Movie. There was a sweet little kitty cat...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Jan 3
- 5 min
I'm Fine. Really. I Guess... Okay, Maybe Not — Why Sin Management Isn't Working for You
Before I knew I had an auto-immune issue, I was sick frequently. More accurately, I was sick always but I didn’t realize it. The days (or...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Dec 6, 2021
- 4 min
The Land of Deep Darkness
As I write this, we are in the season of Advent. Advent is a season that’s all about longing, waiting for deliverance. It’s a season of...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
It's Time to Be the Church
“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Therefore,...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Aug 19, 2021
- 5 min
How to Rehydrate Body, Mind, and Soul
It was 4:29 a.m. on Wednesday when it struck me. One moment I was sound asleep and the next I was wrenched over in excruciating pain,...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Aug 12, 2021
- 4 min
The Invitation of Suffering
There’s nothing like hard times to reveal what’s inside us. This pandemic has been a great revealer of how we deal—or don’t deal— with...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Aug 5, 2021
- 6 min
Will This Never End?
“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.”...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Jul 2, 2021
- 2 min
Love, Julie Andrews
My daughter is a comedy genius. Not because she studies how to be funny or even because she gives any thought about what is funny. She’s...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- May 27, 2021
- 5 min
Embracing Rest
“Someone needs a nap.” I remember my mother saying this to me at some point during my childhood. I don’t remember the specific situation...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
Magnolia
Little magnolia in my yard so crooked and bent, you didn’t start off crooked. You weren’t designed to grow so awkwardly, so strange, so...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Mar 9, 2021
- 4 min
Why We Need You to Shine
When I was in preschool one of the songs we sang regularly was “This Little Light of Mine.” I can remember getting a kick out of holding...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Feb 25, 2021
- 5 min
Are Your Expectations Weighing You Down?
“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 Expectations. We all have them. We all...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
Do You Care Too Much About What Others Think?
Well, do you? Yeah. Me too. I wouldn't say I walk around under a cloud of worry and fear about what other people think of me. In fact, I...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Dec 24, 2020
- 2 min
Tremble, Hell
Tremble, Hell, at the sound of God’s salvation— at the sound of a baby’s cry— at the sound of God’s power and majesty, strength and...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
This Captive Heart - An Advent Prayer
I remember well the morning I wrote these words one year ago. Some days, the words just flow out. And flow they did, from a place of deep...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Dec 7, 2020
- 5 min
Craving the Deep
Just before Thanksgiving week this year, my husband and I saw a news article about a young, 35-foot sperm whale that got stranded in...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Nov 19, 2020
- 2 min
When Words Don't Come
When I first saw the meme below, my thought was, "Accurate." As the pandemic lingers on and even raises its ugly head with yet another...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
Go Ahead! Toot Your Own Horn
Our back porch is one of my favorite places for reading and spending time alone with God, especially in the morning. I enjoy breathing...
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Rev. Susan Eaton
- Oct 15, 2020
- 8 min
What's the Big Deal? How Small Faults Are Robbing You of Power
It is an awesome consideration, and one which every Christian should bring home to our own bosoms, whether or not small faults willfully...
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