Dear Scott, When I read the writing prompt for this week, “On the Names I Call You,” I had no idea what to write. I don’t really have any special names for you. Plenty of people have nicknamed you — “Connick,” “Scotty,” “Woddy,” “S. Wod,” and my favorite, “Russian Bear” by the security guard in…

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This one is for everyone who is so hurt by the church that they can’t imagine celebrating Easter this Sunday. It’s for the ones who can’t see the words to “He Arose” through the anger at the ones trying to push them down. It’s for the woman who has been silenced because she has the…

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It’s been a few weeks since I participated in Five-Minute Friday. Today’s prompt is “light.” If you want to join in, write for five minutes, post, and link up with The Gypsy Mama. *** A small voice breaks through the molasses-thick fog of sleep. “Mom, I had a bad dream.” Awake enough to remember that…

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I believe that God calls on us, His children, to give one another grace — to give good to one another even when we don’t deserve it. Often this looks like refusing to write you off when you fail, or giving me the benefit of the doubt, or forgiving and letting you try again when…

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Sheba and her family had always been marchers. Their group leader was a mark-timing Drill Sergeant who pounded his hooves on the first and third and ran back and forth bleat-barking orders to stay in formation. Straight lines, even numbers, a square shape always. He said that’s the way the shepherd wanted it. Sheba was…

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Seth, Amber, Scott, and I would love for you to join us again by writing Marriage Letters to your spouse. We’re starting back this month, every Monday writing letters because we believe that when we bless our own marriages, we bless the marriages of others. The list of writing prompts is here, on Amber’s blog.…

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