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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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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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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Racism and Misplaced Supremacy
I didn’t look up the video intentionally. It popped up on my newsfeed one day as I was scrolling through – the last moments of
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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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Scared of the Rooms: Reflection on the New Year
I walked in a city I hadn’t before, It was called “Earth”, and the people were more Than all who had at ever in one
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The First Dark Christmas
I remember the day in Rome, When Constantine sat enthroned, And decided once for all, That Christmas each year should call For feasting, happiness, and
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When the Darkness Does Not Lift
Every single day, I go for a walk by the water. I am blessed to live in a place that is beautiful, five minutes away
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