2014 Banebow 5K Fun Run/Walk

We are pleased to announce this year’s 5th annual fun run/walk! BANEBOW 5K FUN RUN/WALK Saturday, October 18, 2014 9:00 AM Montgomery Bell State Park 1020 Jackson Hill Road Burns, TN    Follow THIS LINK to register online for the 2014 Banebow 5K at Active.com. Online registration for...

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Be Light

In this journey of grief, I have gone from a semi-comatose to fully tender heart. The Lord has widened my vision far beyond myself to see His working in everything. Everyone has a story, a line untold, a pain deep within. No one is intentionally cruel for no reason. It comes from somewhere. It...

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A Faithful Response

This year has brought some wonderful blessings to our Banebow family. We are so excited to announce a new board member, Dana Ausbrooks! Dana is a local attorney and partner at The Ausbrooks Law Office in Franklin, TN and is also currently running for Williamson County Commissioner in District 12....

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His promises are true

For me, this season is particularly hard as we are approaching what would be my son’s third birthday and also the third anniversary of his death this week. Each day brings struggles and fears that could easily eat me alive. But the Lord gently whispers His promises in my soul. My heart aches...

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A warm welcome to our new space…

We are so pleased to announce that Banebow now has an office space! With grateful hearts, we welcome families and friends to our new place. We will be hosting grief groups, family counseling sessions, volunteer meetings and so much more. God has blessed our ministry beyond words with this...

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a beautiful limp

  As the calendar reminds us of those early days of grief, thoughts turn to the ways the road of grieving stretches longer than we might have first guessed.  We who grieve – for loved ones, for dashed hopes, for the pain we see around us – we walk with a limp, like Jacob in one of...

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when the calendar haunts …

  A bit like my granny, who could tell you a storm was coming by the arthritic pain in her knees, I always know when the  anniversary of a hard day has come, even when I’m strung out on busy, hands working too many tasks to name.   Today, the arthritic pains of grief ache fresh....

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to the God who always rsvps …

    Each year, on this day, I want my soul friends.  I want to be in their house, as in days past, munching on something Drason has cooked up,  sharing a couch cushion with Sonya, watching old movies or laughing as our kids bang on tambourines and choreograph others sorts of mayhem.  ...

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a birthday invitation …

  he would have been two…   his legacy has touched  many more than that number…   join us to celebrate Bane – and to raise funds for those his legacy will touch next.     BANEBOW 5K FUN RUN/WALK Saturday, October 22, 2011 @ 9:00 AMMontgomery Bell State Park1020...

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out of the ashes

today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent, when Christians round the world will try to purge their appetites of hard candy sweets and learn to crave, again, the bread of life.   it’s a day for giving things up.   but those ashes, they  speak symbol in so many ways, and...

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to know the tender

it’s the first day of school, or it’s a team-building exercise at work, or it’s some cheesy church function, and it’s time to get to know one another.  and the slip of paper before you asks:   if you were an animal, what animal would you be? [i’ll give you a second to think about it…]  ...

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