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As I sit here listening to "To You" by Housefires I'm reminded of my hope for this year. I really wanted to have a plan for this year. I...
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Shell Odum
- Mar 4, 2023
- 3 min
Church and Community. Community and Church?
Is your church also the place where you experience the deepest forms of community?
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Shell Odum
- May 29, 2021
- 6 min
The Evolution of the Church: Hope for the Future
de·con·struct/ (dēkənˈstrəkt) – 1. analyze by deconstruction, typically in order to expose its hidden internal assumptions and...
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Shell Odum
- May 31, 2020
- 4 min
America – Home of the Dead
I went to my grandmothers house yesterday. I went to drop something off to her with a dear friend. I wasn’t naïve enough to think I would...
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Shell Odum
- May 17, 2020
- 4 min
Hope Lives Here
Some mornings I wake up and I just sit down trying to figure out where to even go in my quiet time. Some days there are so many things I...
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Shell Odum
- Dec 22, 2019
- 3 min
2020: The Greatest Love Story Ever Written
I did a getaway this weekend (Dec 22nd). I needed to clear my head and truly seek God on some major decisions. The week leading up to my...
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Shell Odum
- Oct 28, 2019
- 5 min
Death with no Goodbye
What does one do with the memories you never get to share? With the words you never got to say? With the ending you never saw coming? I I...
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Shell Odum
- Jan 3, 2019
- 4 min
Embracing the Journey Hello 2019!
My latest adventure with God has been all about learning to embrace the journey. How can I have a faith that remains solid when things...
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Shell Odum
- Jul 4, 2018
- 6 min
Lessons in Love from Philemon
The book of Philemon in the Bible is a really small book of just 25 verses. It’s so easy to miss and be overlooked. In fact I didn’t even...
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Shell Odum
- Dec 24, 2017
- 5 min
The Gift of Surrender
So lately I’ve been reading this amazing book called “The Victory of Surrender” by Gordon Ferguson. It was recommended to me by someone...
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Shell Odum
- Oct 7, 2017
- 4 min
Faith So Solid
Lately I’m engrossed with this idea of what it truly means to come to the end of myself. There’s a song I love called “O Come to the...
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Shell Odum
- Sep 4, 2017
- 5 min
What Now?
Today I’m 25 (this is being written on Sept 2) and of course it’s only natural that I spend time reflecting. Wow! God has given me a lot!...
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Shell Odum
- Aug 8, 2017
- 4 min
From Ashes to New Life
I’ve spent some time recently just reflecting on my life and where God has brought me to. 24 years old on the brink of 25. Newly married....
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Shell Odum
- Mar 21, 2017
- 4 min
Show Me Your Scars
I’ve been missing my family a lot lately so I’ve been thinking of them often. Thinking about the makeup of us. Thinking about those who...
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Shell Odum
- Dec 31, 2016
- 5 min
But He’s Wrong!
I once read a quote that said that being single allows you to serve like Christ, but being married allows you to love like Christ. I am...
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Shell Odum
- Oct 2, 2016
- 5 min
When Death Knocks
I wonder what my uncle thought about as he laid in ICU with a missing limb, head shaved, and only blurred vision of what life truly was...
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Shell Odum
- Sep 4, 2016
- 3 min
To The One I Love Most
As I sit here reflecting on the fact that today is the second biggest day of my life (the first was when I was baptized and made Jesus...
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Shell Odum
- May 20, 2016
- 5 min
Oceans: Where Feet May Fail
Well friends it has been a while. When I sat down to write this blog I had no idea what I wanted to focus on. There are so many avenues I...
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Shell Odum
- Mar 28, 2016
- 4 min
At the Cross
Open the Eyes of my Heart Yesterday we all gathered in churches to remember Jesus’ resurrection. We were probably reminded of the...
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Shell Odum
- Feb 19, 2016
- 5 min
Got Insecurity?
Jeremiah 17:7 But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence As I journaled this morning...
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