by the waters
Sunday, March 25, 2012

In the sun

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{a letter to our almost-four-year-old son after a particular difficult day} Darling, Today was a very sad day for daddy and me. The...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

grace in the flesh

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{and how to act around people of the opposite gender} When we were very young, Pa was the pastor to three churches spread out in the inter...
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Saturday, March 3, 2012

for no other reason

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The boys were asleep; the house was quiet. All I could hear was the soft murmur of the air purifier and Hans' fingers on the keyboard. ...
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

On this rock

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I was standing at a precipice. It was 12:45 a.m. The hour of morbid introspection. I was worn out and numb from the day. Sleep was not yet...
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Monday, February 20, 2012

grace for the delusional

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I always have something to prove. It is a disease. A bad habit. I want people to think certain things about me, as though I can control thei...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

On common, marvelous things

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In our house, a house where there are two seminary students, Bibles are as common as bananas. Years ago, I watched a video of Christians g...
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Monday, February 6, 2012

on love and knitted souls

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...the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul... (1 Samuel 18:1) Behold, how ...
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