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HIEROGLYPHICS OF LOVE – SALVATION STORY #7

When my children were younger (Graham age 6, and Kristin age 7), I was stressed out.  I was commuting to grad school, overwhelmed by academia, reading journals I didn’t understand, writing

SHIFT

“Count back from one hundred,” the anesthesiologist prompted me with the standard cue that ushers surgery patients into a safe oblivion.  In those split seconds before everything went blank I remember

BEGIN AGAIN, BELIVE AGAIN

I haven’t written a blog for a long time.  I have a lot of excuses.  It was a rough summer, and yet despite the vicissitudes of hope and despair of

THE HOPE OF STRANGE WOMEN

Once again it has been a long time since I have written.  My days have been filled with doctor’s appointments, biopsies, more doctor’s appointments, antibiotics, surgery, more doctor’s appointments, more

A GIFT FROM GOD

I met Gigi four years ago.  She had been married for six months.  Gigi explained to me how she had sought God’s guidance in her dating life and her decision

TRIGGERS

I was sitting in a nail salon on Friday morning pampering myself with a manicure when a group of teenage girls pushed through the door.  “We’d like a manicure!” they said in

THE GIFT OF WAITING

My little girl is getting married!  Kristin and Matt got engaged on Saturday night.  I jumped for joy at the news and then I cried a little bit.  A hundred snapshots

REDEEMING JUDGMENT

Yesterday I had coffee with someone I have not seen for over 13 years.  In fact, he was ten-years-old when I last saw him.  His parents were dear friends.  We

A SCARY STORY

  Tomorrow I head to Dallas to speak at the MOP’s (Mothers of Pre-schoolers) Convention.  I can’t wait to be a part of this amazing event and to speak to

A SCARCE COMMODITY

Like everyone else I am listening to the news about failing banks and a crumbling financial market and hoping my meager earnings and savings will suffice.  I have never been

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