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(The field of soybeans coming in across the street from our house.) Late, I arrived at a recent Pastoral Development Day on the tail-end of opening worship. I slipped quietly into a single stuffed chair down low in the back of the room, curling my legs and feet...
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(Laura Lynn Brown, over at Makesyoumom.com is leading a discussion this summer around self-care – you can find upcoming discussion topics here. Then add your voice to the conversation in the comments. This conversation is near and dear to my...
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O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free! – hymn by Samuel Trevor Francis We had a gathering of new faces here at the old farmhouse Saturday. Vans packed with kids started pulling in at six o’clock and little people unloaded...
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(I wrote this post back when winter was still slowly fading, not long after we decided to rehome the first dog we adopted, but I’m just getting around to posting it now. Hopefully next week I’ll finish up a piece about our new dog, Coco, who’s...
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ech-o-lo-ca-tion (noun) the location of objects by reflected sound, in particular that used by animals such as dolphins and bats. To be a person of faith, is to consent to life lived blind as a bat, to be a people of light...
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She has something to tell me and we head upstairs after dinner, leaving the boys in our wake. Flopping onto my soft, floral bedspread, surrounded by windows and light, she flops too, glowing with bright beauty. “I like ****,” she says, the words escaping like a...
