She was a rising third grader back then when she signed up for her first basketball camp at school. Back when she considered giving up. Now Grace is a rising sixth grader with three years of practice and games under her belt. She's signed up for a week of...
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how to be happy: declare yourself bankrupt
Our pastor tells a story about how France’s King Louis XIV planned his own farewell extravaganza. He left instructions that at his funeral service, the Notre Dame cathedral would remain dark except for a single candle above his golden coffin, the candle placed...
when you’re worried about your appearance
I’m pretty sure my wedding dress is still in there--though I can’t be totally sure since I haven’t opened that box since the cleaners sealed it in 1971. They buried my husband’s grandmother in hers. If I passed on today, there’s not a chance they’d be able to...
the path to freedom
I sit in quiet and wait. Though I've been nagging God for answers and insight, He remains silent on a particular issue I keep bringing before Him. I'm puzzling over the questions I'm asking--are they the right ones? Is my focus in the wrong place? Maybe. And some...
a world of wonder, and a fragrance of redemption
The air breathes cool through the open window, wafts past the “clean...
things my mother never taught me
One day I’m going to write a book, my adult son Casey tells me. It’s going to...
when fear rises
I wake with a headache and a stiff neck. I shiver in the breeze of the...
being free isn’t just a holiday
A thread unravels from the edges of her old shirt in the dryer and winds...
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