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Photo credit: Damien Taylor – Novelist Billy Coffey gave a great talk and reading Saturday evening. This past weekend, three writers gathered two dozen more behind barn walls. In a square room, wrapped in wood, floored in concrete, we sat around...
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I had the joy of speaking at our little church this past Sunday and, because I got to choose the text, I focused on 1 John 4:7-19. I talked about the love of God that we are made from and for – the love of God that abides in us and invites us to abide in...
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Summer hit our house like a freight train when the kids got off the bus last Friday at 1:15. It’s all good, but intense. I’m still writing, but with preaching this Sunday and preparing for next week’s (!) writing retreat, I didn’t...
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Sunday afternoon I left my husband with seed packets of Zinnias and Dahlias and walked up, across the yard, to look for a spade in our overflowing garage. The planting of those flowers, four packets, was what I requested for Mother’s Day this year. I don’t...
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Memorial day weekend plays a dual role in modern America – offering an opportunity to honor those who died in active military service and ushering in the beginning of the summer holidays. Here’s hoping summer offers us all an opportunity to practice the...
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He catapults out of bed in the middle of the night and I hear his bare feet slapping against the hallway’s wooden floor as he hustles through the darkness. All of this comes to me as sleep’s heavy shadow gives way to a dim and growing awareness. Then, he...
