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God Gives and God Takes Away

We celebrated Brenn’s birthday a bit early this year. Family was in town and our friends from across the street were getting ready to move to their next assignment (to “PCS” in military terms), so we...

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Not Perfect. But Forgiven.

Once, while I was at the Snyders’ home, I heard one of them say a sentence I would later hear repeated often: People are more important than things. That one small sentence summarizes many Scriptural...

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“Babe, I Didn’t Cheat!”

Paul had stuck his head through the door of our study to remind me that he was leaving for work when I joyfully blurted out this awkward announcement. He gave me a very weird look, shook his head and...

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Death by Distraction

An enthusiastic cricket is hiding somewhere in my house, chirping his tiny heart out. And while I admire his tenacity for life, I’m now contemplating multiple ways of finding him and ending his one-bug...

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When My Non-Negotiables Get Negotiated

A few minutes ago Brenn snuggled up to me on the couch and whispered, “hey Momma, do you know that we never took a nap?” At 6:40 PM, I think that he was banking on the fact that this unfortunate...

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God Makes Messy Things Beautiful

Happy 2017! On Jan 31, I decided to go to bed before 12:00….because…I’m old. But I couldn’t fall asleep. As I lay there I thought about new year’s resolutions. What were mine going to be? It’s a...

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Mama Possum and Why Today will be New and Better

Somewhere between Halloween and the New Year, my brain decided to take a sabbatical. I’m serious. You know how I use to read tons of books in order to really suss out the answers to and write about big...

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Dear Children, Here’s How to Love Me (When I Am Old.)

Dear Jack, Brenn and Meg, I’m 36 right now. Not even middle aged. (Still quite young and vibrant, really…though maybe mostly at heart since there are days when I already feel tired as soon as I wake...

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That Beautiful Spring Day (When All We Did Was Fight)

Spring days are meant to be enjoyed, right? After enduring the gloomy scenes of winter, a spring day, warm and green with a brisk breeze blowing, just screams, “come outside and make family...

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When God’s Voice Sounds Childish

There is a part of me that always wonders what it must have been like to hear God’s voice, audibly. Sometimes the people in the bible who were able to experience this phenomenon seemed ridiculously...

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I Should Probably Let Her Know

This may come as a surprise for most of you, but sometimes I can be really cynical—downright darkly sarcastic at times. (What? You knew that already?!) This sarcastic urge significantly increases...

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When Fear Threatens (Like, Everyday)

I hate fear. I literally hate the feeling that I get in the pit of my stomach right before I walk towards the pulpit to preach, or that moment before I have to make a decision that I’m unsure about, or...

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Do I Condemn When I Should Show Compassion

I’m reviving a post that I wrote a few years ago. I do this because yesterday I was re-convicted (is that a word?) about my attitude towards people I naturally tend to judge. Working in a city hospital...

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Peace: It’s a Gift, Not a Goal.

I’m 37 years old now. That’s three short years away from 40. Earlier today it’s occurred to me, that the year I turn 40 will also be the year (supposedly) that our family receives a new Air Force...

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When Life Doesn’t Hand You Lemons

From the back seat of my car come the melodious sound of my children’s voices. “AHHHHH!! MOM!!! The battery on my tablet just DIED!”  “JACK! STOP IT!”  “Stop what?” “THAT! STOP!” “I’m not doing...

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