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DEMENTIA CAREGIVER GRIEF SUPPORT
First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
"Tracing Faith: New Perspectives on Caregiver Grief and the Gospel"
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Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv
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Figs to Formation
Figs to Formation: Looking Like Jesus It took almost 2 years for our fig tree to bear sustaining figs that didn’t fall away and die...
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Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv
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Relationship Lessons from the Geese
What if top on our priority list was to simply look after one another? Last year when mom and I evacuated from Hurricane Ida to Lake...
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Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv
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Hidden Clues in Creation
One of the main reasons I decided to invest in our little backyard farm was to create a special place of healing and restoration for me...
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Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv
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Five Ways Elevate your Connection with God
Do you know how relational the Lord really is? The scriptures offer us so many clues as to how God moves in the lives of His children. I...
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Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv
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No Substitute for You and God
In a world with one-minute reels, social media sermons and 30 second affirmations I don’t want us to get to a place where we substitute...
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Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv
2 min read
The Myth of Christian Grief
I was talking to several people this past week about grief. Each of them happened to be Christians and were talking about their grief...
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Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv
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Divine Reciprocity: Caregiving Transformation
I find it so incredible how God’s word has for us the answer to any circumstance we experience in life. Even more than the answer God...
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Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv
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Grieving Forward
Grieving the loss of my mother is different than when I grieved the loss of my dad. I’ve had some time to reflect on how each loss...
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Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv
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Faith: God's Divine Persuasion (The Audio Message)
Be encouraged today that faith is a gift from God. It is the divinely given conviction of things unseen. Faith is not conjured up inside...
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Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv
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Oprah's Super Soul Sunday
Do you guys remember the Oprah days of Super Soul Sunday’s? What I loved about it was how rich the conversations were. No matter what...
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