Month: February 2016

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Feb 29, 2016

What to do with the prettiest one in the room (or anyone else that you’re envying)

It was a beauty pageant, a conversation one night on the road, and a blog post that came after that . Women opened up, shared their hearts, and they bled,

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Feb 26, 2016

A child shall lead them (or, how to pray)

In the predawn darkness, the house is quiet. The snow-blanket that’s tucked us in has come, bearing gifts. For boys, a school delay is not nothing. And they slumber. Beside

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Feb 23, 2016

The clothes that you need (check your shoes)

FacebookTwitterGoogle+DiggPinterestBlogger I’m running along in morning’s sun. After days of gray and clouds and chill, the sun is a welcome presence. Here and there, snow ribbons streak across fallow ground.

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Feb 19, 2016

“The floor is not a drawer” and other Mom-isms

In this small town, the coffee shop anchors the main square. It’s the center of commerce. Here, locals gather, exchanging quips and news and quick hellos. “Did you solve world

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Feb 16, 2016

A world without Christians who hate–imagine that

It’s been bothering me for quite some time, but I’ve not felt the nudge, yet, to speak it. But yesterday, it happened again, and now I know that it’s time…

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Feb 15, 2016

Dear boys, Here’s what I wish I had known about popularity

It’s a hard thing. Moving into a community that’s not your own, where everyone knows everyone else. Where the order’s established, the totem pole’s full, and one’s name isn’t on

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Feb 11, 2016

The news in the kingdom is great, “It’s a boy!”

Finding himself of marrying age, he scanned the horizon o’er golden fields in search of a maiden fair. His heart sank, for there was none to be found, not that

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Feb 09, 2016

If you see my son, please love him

It’s Monday morning. Feeling restless, I say to The Mister, “Since my appointment’s been canceled, I feel like getting out of the house anyway. How ’bout if I come up

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Feb 05, 2016

Dear Needy One, Rejoice ’cause you’ve got room

Slipping in this quick and quiet word as we’re headin’ into the weekend. ‘Cause someone is feelin’ their need… Dear needy one, I thought of you ’cause it came to

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Feb 01, 2016

Why I must follow Him (and I may unfollow you)

“But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of (your sincere and) pure devotion

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