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Articles by Nicole Baart

Nicole Baart is the mother of four children from four different countries. The cofounder of a non-profit organization, One Body One Hope, she lives in a small town in Iowa. She is the author of seven novels, including, most recently, The Beautiful Daughters (Atria/Simon & Schuster, May 2015). Find out more at www.nicolebaart.com.

Advent: Love Never Fails

  • Nicole Baart
2
2 months ago

We’ve waited the long weeks of Advent, trying to focus expectant hearts to celebrate the birth of Christ with even a modicum of the glory and reverence it deserves. We know we fall short every year, but maybe this year—Christmas in the middle of a global pandemic—is the most difficult yet.

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  • Advent
  • Christmas
  • Covid
  • love

God’s Got This, Part 2

  • Nicole Baart
2
5 months ago

I’m a bit ashamed to admit that for a long time, this was what our family clung to—the hope that everything would return to how it once had been. And yet, I think by now we’ve all accepted that it never will.

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  • change
  • faith
  • Hope

God’s Got This, Part 1

  • Nicole Baart
2
5 months ago

I am not equipped for this. Covid, George Floyd, a string of wild fires, the deadly explosion in Beirut, a locust swarm in East Africa, protests in Hong Kong, a derecho in my own backyard…not to mention murder hornets, meth-gators, and nunchuck bears, oh my! I quite literally cannot keep up with the constant stream of bad news and heartbreak that seems poised to crush us all.

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  • 2020
  • faith
  • history
  • suffering

Advent: The Father’s Love Begotten

  • Nicole Baart
0
1 year ago

“Of the Father’s Love Begotten” ends with a shout and a whisper and a promise. First the undeniable joy of hymns and chants and high thanksgiving, a fellowship of worship that invites us all into this moment—no, this eternity—of jubilee. It’s a no holds barred, throw the doors wide, raucous celebration of the Father’s love perfected in the sacrifice of his son and fulfilled in the sanctification of his bride.

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  • Advent
  • Christmas Carols
  • love

Weathering Storms in Marriage

  • Nicole Baart
4
3 years ago

Marriage is not easy, and that might be the understatement of the century. It is hard work and heartache, late nights and crippling doubts.

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  • Christian marriage
  • love
  • marriage
  • trials

I’m Racist (and So Are You)

  • Nicole Baart
17
4 years ago

This is exactly what hurts so much right now, the willful ignorance of everything that is happening around us. The quiet, arrogant assurance that racism doesn’t really exist anymore and that none of this would be happening if “they” could just “get over it.”

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  • evangelical
  • hate
  • racism
  • white supremacy
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