Welcome to Inklings. I am Emily Bell Freeman, and I'm so excited to welcome you to a space where you and I get to experience a hint of something more together.

This is a community where we lean into discussions that will help us obtain a bedrock understanding of the doctrines of Christ.

Not overnight, but every day better.

Strength gathered over time. There is a place for you here. Looking forward to spending this

semester with you as we embark on a journey focused on becoming his. Happy Thursday, everyone.

Welcome to Inklings.

I'm so excited for today.

This is one of my favorite weeks of our Inklings lessons is the conference wrap-up.

Can you believe it's been six months, everyone? And there's a couple things that I love to do

on this week. So if you're new to Inklings, let me tell you this first. We kind of have this rule around

here that has to do with cupcakes. I hope you're eating a cupcake right now while we're having our

inklings. But here is the theory. I love cupcakes so much. It's hard for me to find cupcakes because

I'm gluten-free and dairy-free

both, so that makes it so tricky. There's in certain states, there are certain bakeries that if I'm

ever in that state, I know to go there and get a cupcake because they're a little hard to find.

And this is terrible, but when I find them,

I buy a dozen, and then I eat them for the whole vacation for breakfast and lunch. And

one of the things that is true about me is I do love the whole cupcake that is true, but also true.

I particularly love the frosting and the

sprinkles on the top. And for me, just flying through the kitchen and getting that little

scoop of frosting and the sprinkles on the top is just as fulfilling as eating the whole

cupcake. And we talked about this when we very started,

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