If you follow Jesus only because he makes life easy now, it will look to the world as though you really love what they love, and Jesus just happens to provide it for you. But if you suffer with Jesus in the pathway of love because he is your supreme treasure,...
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when you’re overcome by noise
The sign read “huzzah & welcome.” We walked through the gate and found ourselves in a whole new time and place—the village of Hollygrove in the 16th century. A small group of medieval singers greeted us. Knights and pirates and squires and maidens and men in kilts...
dog days
I’m sitting in a wrought iron chair on the back patio, cupping a mug of coffee while tendrils of steam dissipate in the crisp fall air. I spend more time out here lately. We have two new puppies, Havanese litter-mates--Susanna and Wesley. The female’s half the...
when jealousy visits
Jealousy is one of the occupational hazards of being a writer, and the most degrading. And I, who have been the Leona Helmsley of jealousy, have come to believe that the only things that help ease or transform it are (a) getting older, (b) talking about it until the...
what are we waiting for?
I almost missed it, but it’s been one of those weeks, and the very last...
about school shopping and santa
Neither Abby nor I feel good, but summer’s winding down, and we’ve set...
dear heavy heart, from yours truly
Dear Heavy Heart, I know you. I know your dark dread that rests heavy like a...
feeling guilty about being saved: my 19-year-old self
Dear God, There is a way in which I sometimes I felt a sense of belonging....
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