Category: Life
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Take Up a Different Story
Have you heard of Wendell Berry? He’s an author, poet, and farmer (my kind of guy). I stumbled across his name and jumped into some of his writing and was captivated. One of the hallmarks of good writing is if it resonates or rings true, and his work surely does that. One favorite poem has…
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What I Am Thankful For- Summer 2020
I hadn’t remembered that today was the first of the month until sitting down to write in my journal. Moreover, it’s the start of an entirely new season. Seeing the number one at the top of my page felt like an invitation.
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The Summertime
If there’s anything I have learned about myself during this sometimes delightful and often frustrating quarantine season, it is that I am always looking ahead. I’m sure somewhere I’ve always known this. God is gracious with revealing our faults to us.
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Change of Pace
Winter has always been one of my favorite seasons. For me it’s a time of slowing down, pausing to savor the outside air for just a few minutes until giving up in to the cold and calling it a day a bit earlier in the evening. Winter can be an invitation to come inward, into…
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A Thank You Note to 2018
This is a post about the year of 2018. It is coming to you three weeks later than I planned, thanks mostly to the unique tiredness of first trimester pregnancy. I have settled into 2019 nicely, and have had some extra time to say farewell to 2018 and think about the gift that it was.
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Graduate School & The Bathroom Sink
One evening a couple of weeks ago after a particularly long week of graduate school work I came home, dropped my bags at the door, kicked off my shoes, and darted to the bedroom to change into pajamas. As I passed through the hall, a smell stopped me in my tracks. It was the delightful…
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Stories
One of the profound and beautiful gifts of life is its natural tendency to weave itself into a story. No matter if we try to do this, are ashamed of our story, or don’t think it’s a very interesting one, it is there, and it’s there waiting to be told.
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I’m Afraid
When was the last time you felt afraid? Today? Last week? Maybe you’ve decided to not welcome fear and instead are angry? Fear comes come because of a difficult decision, a devastating sickness, a broken relationship, or can just bring an overall sense that something is wrong. Fear is sometimes manageable and sometimes completely suffocating.
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What My Grief Taught Me
Do you remember a time when you thought 40 was old? As a child, everyone over 25 seemed so grown-up, so mature and 40 seemed like a ripe old age. Yet, as life goes, it doesn’t take hardly any time to realize that 40 is not very old at all.
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