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(A stomach bug arrived at our house last week and returned again today, wreaking havoc on my writing plans and life in general. So, I thought it might be a good time to re-post this one from the archives, from back when the twins were just 18 months old and we...
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Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” But he did not answer her at all....
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Wednesday morning I wanted to get 3000 words on the page, or at least 1500. I wanted to practice yoga for twenty minutes, to enjoy the sunshine and silence of the Little House after a week of kids being home for spring break. But the night before I popped...
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I was sick and tired, literally. And it was Friday afternoon. I was a few minutes away from the end of my last lecture for the week, just digging in to the part where I talk about my personal connection with the text. A few minutes earlier, during a brief break...
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Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. – Isaiah 40:1 There’s a comfort that enshrouds the living in the illusion of safety, swaddled in excess, removed from exposure, bundled like that boy in A Christmas Story, unable to move or effect...
