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  • So I signed up for an Ironman…

    So I signed up for an Ironman…

    Rachel Eliza

    I’m back to blogging after a ~7 month hiatus for a medical procedure, physical recovery, then getting back up to speed on work and life. I’m also now a few months in to being back to training (I was able to squeeze in a sprint tri in July) and, I just signed up for Ironman…

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  • Sinner or Saint?

    Rachel Eliza

    Some Christians say “I’m just a sinner, saved by grace.” Some say that, following salvation we have received a new nature and should no longer call ourselves a sinner. Perhaps both are true. But if I am to still call myself a sinner, it should not be because I have been unchanged by the Grace…

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  • What Makes a Church: Version 2

    Rachel Eliza

    This is a revision of what I shared here: Version 1 That post has the background and context for what I’m doing here. Version 2 The three cores of Christ-communities: Expanded version: Discussion I like that it reduces the number of items and simplifies it. The third section, if preached on and explained well, can…

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  • The Real Reason I Do Triathlons

    Rachel Eliza

    I’ve started training for triathlons again after taking a year almost completely off. I’m in my first week of a full training load during a full work week, having started training during some time off. As I often do when trying to push through the fatigue of 5:30am wake up times for training, I find…

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  • Skiing + Carv

    Skiing + Carv

    Rachel Eliza

    I moved to Michigan about 3 years ago, and one of the things I’ve wanted to try since moving here is Skiing. This year was forecasted to be a high snowfall year, meaning hopefully better slope conditions, so I decided it was the year to give it a try! Getting Started I bought a 3-day…

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  • Longing for Better Days

    Rachel Eliza

    The last 4-5 months have been rough for me. No real tragedies, but enough struggles to leave me feeling a bit shaken and unsteady. I took some time off to rest, process, and spend time with God. As I’ve been processing, I’ve found myself longing for “better days;” but that begged the question, what makes…

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  • What Makes a Church?

    Rachel Eliza

    What makes a church a church? Put a different way, what differentiates a church from any other social gathering? When I first started working through this exercise recently, I started with the question, “What are the markers of a healthy community of believers?” Over time, though, I decided that it would be helpful to distill…

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