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Hope Like a Drink
Before I turn the national news on, I brace myself. North and South Korea, Israel, Syria and Iraq, gay marriage, pedophiles, and gunmen in schools. O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My...
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The Promise of Spring
“What if Narnia was real, and it was winter for a hundred years?” I say this to my husband, cringing internally at the naked trees outside my window, as we drive into our neighborhood. The day is gray,...
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30 Day Juice Fast: Day 8
I almost quit last night. The whole day was easy peasy and then whammo! Around 8pm I started feeling desperately like a quitter. I couldn’t stop thinking about pizza and French fries and coconut ice...
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Mazatlan: 80 Days
The back patio is a grand place to ponder things. I pick the sopping wet t-shirt up, twist it fiercely to wring out the water, and hang it neatly on the wire clothesline. There are four wires, thick...
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out for a run
Out for a run, after the rain, sneakers slapping the wet pavement, new puddles standing still in the early evening, and I can see the reflection of the new blue sky in each puddle, the western edges...
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we have great joy
We have great joy as we follow Jesus, but we mourn over the brokenness of the world. We see the bold darkness and pray for sovereign light to arrive, for forgiveness and loving kindness to be known...
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15 Day Juice Fast: Day 12 & 13
This is my second to last post about this cleanse. Day 12 & 13 were good, but I am ready to be done. One thing I will miss is the deep, uninterrupted sleep that I have when I am doing a detox fast....
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15 Day Juice Fast: Day 15
I’m finished! Boy, it feels good to type that. Yesterday was the last day of my 15 day juice fast detox. I am sipping a smoothie as I write this. It has 1 cup of berries, 1 banana, and 1 cup of coconut...
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if ever I become a doctor
If ever I become a doctor, perhaps I will prescribe things like camping, hiking, tree-climbing, mountains, and lakes. Maybe I will give speeches about turning off the television of an evening, any...
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sometimes we ask god to speak
Sometimes we ask God to speak and then we hear something and we’re like “no, God, I need you to speak.” And again, He does, but it’s not what we want to hear, or it’s off topic, or seemingly...
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just thinking about how easily we can get distracted
Just thinking about how easily we can get distracted and misread our circumstances, and how Jesus is always the gate to the right perspective, and how he says not to worry, because aren’t the flowers...
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there are refugees all over the world
There are refugees all over the world. There are more slaves now than at any other time in history. Many of them are children. Lots of them have been sold by their own family.There are addicts,...
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it is easy, in churches today, to get offended
It is easy, in churches today, to get offended about anything. A cinch. It is harder to protect the unity of a group of people working toward a common goal. It is also easy to get lost in groupthink,...
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on your real name, a cellular calling, and the science of love
All of us have a dream. These dreams are often our callings. These callings we feel are names that make our hearts swell with hope and purpose. Teacher and activist and mother and pastor and artist...
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