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Twenty Sixteen
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Read biographies to strengthen your soul
This morning I woke up in a warm bed with a roof over my head. I took a hot shower, brewed a pot of coffee, and
The gift of illness
I’m not in a wheelchair. I’m not on chemo. I’ve ended up in the hospital only two times, for brief outpatient visits. To see me,
We need each other
I’ll never forget Miss Moss, with her Coke-bottle glasses and a disability that left her slow and kind. She loved writing notes of encouragement even
Kings, kings, and more kings (a poem)
I love reading through the Old Testament books of First and Second Kings, where I see God’s justice and love, fierceness and faithfulness on display.
Stories are light (in a dark world)
As summer draws to an end and school beckons us into our fall routine, I’m catching my breath a bit. The past few months have
The road to Compassion
If you’ve ever spent time around someone who thinks they know everything, you’ve got a pretty good picture of what I was like in my late
