Against All Human Hope: Dealing With Disappointment
When I got home from Christmas break, I celebrated one week without falling. A few days later, a brutal combination of COVID and a symptom
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The Pain of Glory: When God’s Teaching Hurts
The first time I lost my ability to speak it lasted three days. I woke up from a seizure and the words were gone. My
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Do You Love Me?
“I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.” – Annie Dillard. I
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To Wormwood on Pain
My Dear Wormwood, I understand that you are trying a new tactic on your patient – the sudden onset of physical pain. Even my hardened
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The Ride of Shasta
The fog had smote the world beneath, A misty haze under his feet, A lonely road before him spread, A road to which he saw
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Eight Lessons I’m Learning from Pain
For over a year now, despite this constantly being on my mind, I have been afraid to write this post. First, not many people have
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A Prodigal Daughter
I didn’t have a favorite parable of Jesus until I was 19 years old. I remember sitting on the deck outside, allowing the sun to
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Homesick for Heaven
He sat among the shadows deep, In the corner in the bar, And he looked weary in their sweep, Like a man who wandered far.
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Getting Unlost: The Desolation of Brokenness
When visiting a friend back home, I took a wrong turn and ended up two hours deep into the backroads along the water. At first,
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The Monster in the Mirror
I took a walk into the woods to try to find who I am, Or at least that’s what they say to do, when you’re
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