A few weeks ago, a friend and I who live a state apart, decided to meet each other halfway for…
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Thinking
More Than One Place
I ran long before church yesterday. I needed a little time in my own sanctuary, the one of leaf and…
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Growing Into Our Lives Through Seasons of Change
Every autumn, she groans when she tells me how much she dreads the start of school and its inevitable prickly…
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On Fear and Recovery
My mother says it started with three-year-old me crying over imaginary spiders. Years later, it progressed to double-checking the lock…
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Saying No to Opportunity and Yes to Belonging
I wrote last week about holding patterns, and a friend asked if we had considered moving again. Alas, as much…
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Metamorphosis
Two enormous oak trees stood tall on either side of the pavement right where the sidewalk forked. They grew towards…
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