When someone with ALS dies, My world stops for a minute, or an hour or a week. It all depends on a million spinning, invisible factors. Today’s news has me reeling. If this were a movie, I think I would be the person stumbling through a dark […]
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For those who grieve at Christmas
Have you ever not been happy at Christmas time? I love this holiday, but I will say: it’s nothing like any of the others. In all my 46 years, I’ve never had to work so hard to keep His coming framed in my view while staying out of the muck […]
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True confession: I love studying like other people love rock-climbing or bungee jumping or watching the stars. For me, it is the grandest, deepest adventure and not in any way an act of discipline. I don’t believe for a second that this is a virtue or a measure of spirituality, […]
Read MoreRoad Trip Ups and Downs
Dear Tess and Josiah, I just read through my posts about this road trip, and I realized it looks pretty fairytale fantastic. It really has been such a joy. However, the whole reason I’m chronicling this trip so carefully is because I’m not very crafty (just wordy!), so […]
Read MoreToo Deep for Words – The Tale of Two Ladies
Some things are just too deep. Last fall, when we realized we were facing something serious with Steve’s health, we turned to the most serious prayer-people we know: our church’s prayer team and my dad’s church’s prayer team in McMinnville. In that group is a family member of mine – […]
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