Month: May 2013

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May 31, 2013

Rest there, trust Him and take flowers (the answer to a hellish question)

The sun is up. A breeze blows playful over fields and yards. Birds sing all glorious as I drive down roads ribboned with sunbeams, two schoolboys tucked in just behind.

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May 28, 2013

From “teef” to graduations, life is full of firsts and lasts

What a deal that was. Graduating a kid from college is not nothing. It’s not, especially when it’s your first buckaroo. And when First Buckaroo is the first of a

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May 23, 2013

In the storm, Love’s calling names

The breeze, it’s fresh, and the birds, they sing as I’m walking the road in all of spring’s glory. That sky. That sun. The song of the birds, and those

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May 21, 2013

Marriage is like coffee–a blend of nouns and verbs

“We need to coffee again. And yes. That’s a verb.” Such was the note that I slipped to a friend the other day. I know where Mr. Webster put it.

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May 17, 2013

Upheaval, dirt and mess

Arriving, I settle in, coffee in hand, journal open beside The Word, and here he comes. He’s a regular, this happy fellow. A cheerful sort, easygoing, but–well, I’ll just say

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May 15, 2013

When you’re in a funk (what’s always there)

“You are mine. And I am Yours.” I’m planted, backpack on shoulder; orange purse, too, just there on the step. “You have all of Me. Now may I have all of

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May 14, 2013

Message to grads: in times of transition, trust God

On a bright and sunny Sunday, it happened. There we were, sitting up in the bleachers. And there they came, a line of black-robed, tasseled graduates processing into the gym.

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May 10, 2013

When you’re flying by the seat of your pants

“I have so little publishing experience, no college degree, so I’m trying to learn from those around me.” We were talking about writing; covering publishers and brands. Talking things like

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May 07, 2013

The shoes that you need

She’s telling a story. And this one, it’s true. Oh, it’s true and it’s hard. Lord, who can bear it? Who can even stand up, or get out of bed?

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May 03, 2013

Let mercy and truth protect (a mother’s prayer)

It was in his first year at Bethel as an incoming junior that I was invited to blog for the college, alongside professors and students. This is a letter I

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