Ages ago, probably on a day I had a good night’s sleep and a glass of wine in my hand, I agreed to participate in another Ragnar relay race. This time, we’ll run in autumn in the Adirondacks. Really, it doesn’t get much better, except for the insanity that is twelve people running 200+ miles together in a 24 hour…
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Making music with our lives
I sat in the other room listening to my girl plink-plink Beethoven at her piano lesson, silently thanking God for her piano teacher’s patience. They used a tiny clip of a piece to practice, and my daughter stopped after three attempts and asked how Beethoven could write music if he was deaf. The teacher explained that he understood music in…
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SO much trouble
Chris slid into the green pleather seat behind me on the bus. “Oh my gosh! You won’t believe who got suspended for giving Ms. Younger the middle finger,” he said. “I don’t know, who?” I responded. Insert the name of the dark-haired, eighth grade boy I later married. “He is in SO much trouble!” Chris said, as if to really…
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50 Women Every Christian Should Know: A book and giveaway
The woman stood slightly turned from the viewer with her arm raised, and a sword in her hand. She stood naked and powerful, her body muscular and beautiful in a way we rarely see in old paintings. Most of the women look soft, painted in a favorable light and the most fashionable clothes of the day. We know them by…
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On the battlefield
After moving overseas, I was equal parts surprised and perplexed to discover homes in England and in Switzerland don’t use window screens. When you open the back door or the window in the bedroom, you invite the natural world to enter your home with you. After getting over my paranoia about critters flying in, I loved opening the paned window…
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