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Carrie Stephens

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how to be like God

Sometimes I sit in the quiet and imagine Eve walking in the cool of the morning with the God in whose image she was made and the man whose body…

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mary: filled to overflowing

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the…

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Spiritual Pregnancy & Appliance Pandemics

“All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within us. The Spirit of…

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How to Play Hard to Get With Christmas

Last year, our family made a pilgrimage to a Christmas tree farm outside Austin to cut down a tree. This was our first time attempting this tradition, and traipsing around…

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How Loving Yourself is Bananas

“I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe in me through their word. May they all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I…

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How to Get a Gift From God

“They had hardly arrived when a Canaanite woman came down from the hills and pleaded, ‘Mercy, Master, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly afflicted by an evil spirit.’ Jesus…

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How to Birth a New Kind of Christmas

It’s been so many years now since I spent my days with a human foot attempting to dislodge one of my ribs and the weight of a baby’s head caused…

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Funny Letterboard Friday is So Anti-social Now

It’s finally Friday, which means we are one week closer to the end of 2020. Are you as desperate as I am to shed 2020 like a bad outfit? To…

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why I’m ghosting on social media

“In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord.  And Abel also presented an offering—some of the firstborn of his flock…

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4 lessons from 2020

2020 has been so…enlightening. At some point in mid-April, I sat at the dinner table, with a plate full of some sort of crazy recipe I had never attempted before.…

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how to find your purpose in the pandemic

Today my phone rang and when I looked at the screen, I was surprised to see that it wasn’t a robot calling me to sell me an extended warranty on…

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the durag of belonging

One day a year or two ago, a friend posted a funny meme about durags and it sparked a conversation between us in the comments.  I can’t remember how it…

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Hi, I’m Carrie Stephens

I spend a lot of my time looking for God and good enchiladas, while simultaneously laughing at the way life is totally bananas. My first non-fiction book, Holy Guacamole, released in February 2020. My second book, JESUS+CHURCH+TACOS, is coming soon. My husband and I started out as campus missionaries at the University of Texas way back in the 1900s. We’ve helped lead Mosaic Church, a diverse and beautiful community of faith in Austin, since 2010.

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Do you ever just want to open your arms wide to God and laugh at the way life is completely ridiculous? Carrie’s monthly newsletter provides a chance to grow spiritually through a blend of rich devotional teaching and cultural hot take. It’s solidly grounded in the belief that God is generally in a good mood, and the closer we get to him, the more complete our joy will be.
Holy Guacamole

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A Glorious Discovery of Your Undeniable Worth

What if you were made on purpose, for a purpose that can release God’s glorious colors and flavors in the world? You didn’t arrive here by accident, nor have you been served up as an unwanted side dish. The God of creation has created you, and He isn’t waiting for you to become some better version of yourself so He can finally love you. . .or use you. . .or delight in you. Generously seasoned with humor and empathy, with stories of triumph, failure, heartbreak, and redemption, Holy Guacamole will connect your heart to the unchanging truths of God’s Word and the unfailing power of God’s call to live a life full of His love for you and for the world.
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Does the increasing pressure and stress of political polarization, virus pandemics, and general haziness of life in the modern world leave your head spinning some days? Carrie’s 2nd book will encourage you with lighthearted and soulful biblical truth while you laugh at all the ways life so often turns a little upside down.
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