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Apr 06, 2018

How we all ought to die (’cause Heaven’s better)

In another town far away, a girl named Kelly is dying. We met her husband years ago at a winter Bible School up in the frozen north. He was angry

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Apr 03, 2018

It’s okay to stop carrying that shame

Scrolling, scrolling through my newsfeed today, I happened across one, small nugget. “Stop carrying shame. It’s not even yours. It’s the devil’s.” And like that, my thoughts hopscotched back to

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Mar 29, 2018

If #metoo could become #notme

“You’re not seeing the whole picture. There’s a much bigger, broader picture. A battle that’s raging, an enemy that’s fighting the truth.”  It’s the Voice, and I’m listening. “For when

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Mar 22, 2018

What will you do with your suffering?

It came to me, as many things do, in morning’s sweet solitude on the *BOS. To the east, the sky was lightening, sun’s gentle curve barely breaking the horizon. From unseen

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Mar 02, 2018

How a “Mr. Universe” can look

I just finished typing a report. For those of you who don’t know me, my day job is medical transcription. From my cozy, old farmhouse, I type medical reports day

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Feb 20, 2018

It’s a father’s love, not more laws, that will heal our land

There’s a message that’s burning in my heart today. For weeks and months now, it’s been growing inside me. Like a flaming-hot coal, its warmth has permeated my entire being,

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Feb 15, 2018

When God sends a Valentine

It’s Valentine’s Day. I’ve just dropped off 27 hand-rolled, heart-shaped cookies (made with real butter ’cause we don’t mess around), frosted and topped with sprinkles. Behind me, a batch-of-hot-worms, roiling, lively

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Feb 13, 2018

How to love your husband (hint–accept the skin you’re in and just believe him)

I feel prompted to teach on a topic today that has been all kinds of difficult for me. I grew up, see, in a culture where certain things were not

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Jan 27, 2018

When words have been stolen, “breathe on me”

This week, a young woman from my home church on the prairie suffered a massive stroke. In a small community, everyone knows everyone else, and the ties stretch far across

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Jan 25, 2018

The Curly Head writes an essay, goes to school

I got a message from his teacher. My fifth-grade Cub and his class were learning how to write essays. Would I be willing to come in and talk about my

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