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the most important question: a lesson from the Dollhouse family

In: General, Spiritual Growth on: March 31, 2014

Everything is going to be okay. Really.I sat on the shaggy brown rug of my daughter's room playing dollhouse with her."You set up the bedrooms and …

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how not to be disillusioned in your dreams

In: General on: March 17, 2014

I know it's almost Easter, and not anywhere close to Christmas, but I've got Wise Men on the brain.It could be the big ol' star I'm chasing (AKA …

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new things in 2014

In: General on: December 30, 2013

See, I am doing a new thing!Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wildernessand streams in the wasteland.-Isaiah …

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sorting out a mama’s heart

In: General on: November 25, 2013

One after one, I pulled clothes out of the laundry basket, folding, sorting, piling up the fabric that covers our naked lives. First a tank top I wore …

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when your heart has a midlife crisis

In: General on: September 19, 2013

Most days, I make my bed.This sort of practice is not typical for me. I'm not a generally disciplined person. I like to live on the fly, unencumbered …

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what grief looks like

In: General on: September 10, 2013

I sat at my kitchen table and watched the Jason's Deli delivery car pull up across the street.It's barely 8:00 in the morning and my eighty year-old …

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a letter of apology to our future new car

In: Family, General on: June 17, 2013

Dear Future New Car,Allow me to apologize in advance for buying you. I know when you see me saunter up with my stylish husband, you will think we are …

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the winds of love

In: General on: May 2, 2013

I gaze out the kitchen window at the wind gusting through the branches with its mysterious beauty. This wind speaks to my soul. With no beginning and …

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why I decided to love football

In: General on: February 4, 2013

Mr. Fantastic and the boys shot FIKI footballs and laughed at the Superbowl commercials.They flipped to other channels when scantily clad women did …

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how to be a blooming wallflower

In: General on: November 27, 2012

I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. -John …

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what happened on 620

In: General on: August 28, 2012

"Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity..."-Hebrews 6:1I still remember the moment like it was …

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fighting the wind

In: General on: July 19, 2012

Sometimes you get more from a book than you had expected. I was surprised by the words I read about wind the other day in The Secret Garden. They …

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