Intentionality

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Maybe 2020 Will Be The Year.

But what if, when this all ends, we find that it was a glorious pause. What if we look fondly on 2020 because it was the year...

Tabitha Caplinger

Apr 19, 20203 min read

Gifting!

Is gifting even a word? Did I make that up? I don't know, it doesn't matter. What matters is it means giving gifts. In Eden Sword we find...

Tabitha Caplinger

Dec 19, 20183 min read

Think Before You Post

We have all heard the line, "think before you speak." While social media might be typing and not speaking, I think the same wisdom should...

Tabitha Caplinger

Oct 24, 20176 min read

Have You Checked With Jesus?

As a youth pastor, students who spend any amount of time with me will inevitably hear me say that I believe self-assessment is a...

Tabitha Caplinger

Jul 31, 20175 min read

The Social Media Monster

I have a love/hate relationship with social media. Given the title you might think that I think it’s all bad but I don’t. I don’t think...

Tabitha Caplinger

Feb 28, 20175 min read

My 2017 Word of the Year

"If we consider the unblushing promises of reward … promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too...

Tabitha Caplinger

Jan 4, 20174 min read

End of 2016 Ramblings

I realized I didn't write a blog post for this month and I thought I should fix that. So, here I am, writing a blog post but I don't...

Tabitha Caplinger

Dec 29, 20164 min read

Make Jesus Happy.

Make Jesus happy. If I had a life motto that would probably be it. That is what I want to do more than anything. I am sure I fall short...

Tabitha Caplinger

Oct 17, 20164 min read

Grace is a Person

I feel like given the timing of this post, especially coming the day after the presidential debate, that I should be talking about...

Tabitha Caplinger

Sep 27, 20164 min read

How To Make Friends

Actually I don't really know how to make friends. Like, I don't know the five or ten or twelve steps a person should take to locate a...

Tabitha Caplinger

Aug 26, 20164 min read

My Process (It's not just about coffee.)

Okay, so maybe it's just about coffee. After all, I don't know if a lot of words would make it onto a page without that wondrous nectar...

Tabitha Caplinger

Jul 6, 20163 min read

I Wanna Be A Book Dragon.

I am not a reader. I don't do much of the reading of the books. I like more of the watching of the movies and the television. And, yes I...

Tabitha Caplinger

Jun 20, 20163 min read

Delivered By Angels

Thanks to my time at Vox Dei (my Booktrope imprint) I made some wonderful friends. I am super excited to be hosting one of them on my...

Emerald Barnes

Jun 13, 20163 min read

One + One = One. (Making Marriage Math Work is Hard)

My husband and I just celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary in April. In some ways it feels so weird because it seems like just...

Tabitha Caplinger

May 20, 20164 min read

The Imperfect Parent's Guide to Parenting

I am far from a perfect parent. (Thus the title of this little post.) I am sure there are things I do well. The days when I am full of...

Tabitha Caplinger

Apr 14, 201610 min read

Yoga Booty Ballet Is Not My Friend

So, this is my year on purpose. One of the things I want to be more intentional about is my health and the health of my family. Don't...

Tabitha Caplinger

Mar 18, 20164 min read

A Year On Purpose

I have never been one for New Year’s Resolutions. (And yes, I’m a couple weeks late for a New year’s post, don’t judge me.) Don’t get me...

Tabitha Caplinger

Jan 15, 20163 min read

The Forgotten Holiday

"Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!" Psalm 107:1 There's this little holiday...

Tabitha Caplinger

Nov 7, 20153 min read

The Power of No

I was sitting in church this past Sunday and before the service even started God dropped a couple things in my heart that I quickly...

Tabitha Caplinger

Oct 1, 20154 min read

Its Golden.

Philippians 2:5-11 NLT You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God,[a] he did not think of equality with God...

Tabitha Caplinger

Sep 24, 20153 min read