by Shelly Miller | Jan 14, 2013 | i am bibledude
It was a question I couldn’t answer as much as I pondered it over a series of days, leading to weeks: “When did you first realize that you had become a grown-up?”. Although I am one – a grown-up – the question posed in Real Simple...
by Shelly Miller | Dec 14, 2012 | i am bibledude
For many years our family found intimate community inside the walls of a church of thousands on Christmas Eve. This year, in our small seaside town, we’re wondering where we will worship, if anyone will notice our absence. In the early days of ministry, our backyard...
by Shelly Miller | Nov 16, 2012 | i am bibledude
People were already leaning against the walls around the mortuary when we sat down in the last two chairs on the end of the back row. I wasn’t sure where to sit at my brother’s funeral. My husband leaned over to ask about the people in the old photos scrolling on the...
by Shelly Miller | Oct 5, 2012 | life of worship, PRAY
I woke up on my birthday knowing it would be different. The way you know pancakes and bacon sputter on the grill from your warm spot in bed. Thoughts of close friends living in distant cities swirl dust halo over my dream fragments in early morning. For a brief...
