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a student of grace, seeking wonder, becoming fluent in the language of hope

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How to change the world

February 9, 2014 By Alia Joy

You told me the gospel is what truly matters as you spoke and the 5000 listened but you've given us no loaves and fish. We are famished on the gospel you preach because this gospel builds wells in Africa and feeds orphans but it's rude to the lady who works at the falafel stand, while you’re waiting on your spanokopita and greek fries, leaning on the counter with your world-changing friends. And  you don't leave a tip in the little jar and you don't look her in the eyes when she takes your …

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Filed Under: Relationship, Story, Writing, writing Tagged With: Blogging, blogging, church, Church, faith, Faith, God, IF Gathering, justice, Justice, life, love, ordinary, story, world changing

It Speaks to Me

June 15, 2013 By Alia Joy

    Favorite Posts from Around the Web A Theology of Hair Curlers (Call to Creativity) by Tanya Marlow   Introverts explained- Why we love you but need to get away from you  by Brenna Gee   For the Weary by Tonya Salomons   #Tell His Story: How to Get the Most of of Your Summer Vacation by Jennifer Dukes Lee   On Coming Home from Africa by Claire De Boer   Favorite Instagram of the Week That we would all remember …

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Hi, I’m Alia Joy

INFJ and Enneagram 4w5…so it’s complicated. Wife and mom, coffee-dependent, grace saved, cynical idealist learning fluency in her native tongue, the language of hope. My pen is my weapon of choice to fight off the darkness when depression looms, it is my compass for navigating my messy mind, my even messier heart. Writing is my wilderness and my home. I write the reminders to find my way back to the heart of God. I write to feel God’s pleasure.

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