Spiritual
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Refining Fire
As it is December 30th and tomorrow is the last day of 2025, I’ve been doing my annual reflecting. I love this practice. There is something soothing, invigorating, and sobering about looking back at the year as it plays its final notes, gleaning what I can from the last 356 days. Not just gleaning, but Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #20 – What do you do with tragedy?
A couple days ago, I got news of a tragedy that hit close to home. It was horrific. When I first got the text, I thought I was being punked. It seemed too far-fetched to be real. My coworker from a show I’ve worked on the last couple of seasons sent me a link to Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #19 – What does sacrifice mean to you?
I fear I haven’t had to make any serious sacrifices in my lifetime. At least not when I consider those of other people, especially people I admire. At first, sacrifice sounds like a chore. Something painful, unpleasant, and altogether undesirable. But sacrifice is one of the most stunning displays of love that exists. And when Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #15 – What role does accountability play in your life?
Accountability used to be something of a threatening word. Being “held accountable” sounded like being called out and having to own up to a crime so you could receive the punishment. Being accountable meant being responsible—and that didn’t always seem appealing. But if I look back on my life and really think about it from Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #14 – How do you know you’re healing?
If you’ve ever been hurt—which if you’re alive and reading this right now, I think I’m safe to assume you have been—you’re familiar with the healing process. Whether physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual pain, there are steps we go through as we heal. But how do you know it’s working? How do you know the Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #6 – How do you deal with discouragement?
The start of this week had me down, I’ll go ahead and admit it right up front. I was feeling a little sad for no apparent reason. I couldn’t tell you what triggered it or why, but I had a sense of heaviness and… you guessed it… discouragement. We get discouraged for a variety of Continue reading
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Awake for the Earthquake
April 5, 2021 Last night there was an earthquake. A magnitude-4.0 in Inglewood that was enough to wake me. Feeling an earthquake is still a new thing for me. It’s strange. I grew up with tornadoes and floods, but not earthquakes. Here in California, earthquakes are nothing to write home about most of the time. Continue reading
Alexa Babin 