I feel normal today. I shouldn’t, but I do. (#517 times 100!) It is two days until the third anniversary of our daughter’s death, and one day until an important heart check-up for my son. I should be a sobbing mess, barely able to get out of bed, let alone focus on a screen and…

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 Women, War & Peace extended preview. Series airing Tuesdays on PBS. See more from Women War and Peace. I’m so excited about this documentary, and so proud of the women featured here. In fact, two of the women featured in one of the episodes are winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize! {I just want…

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I’m attending a blogging conference in a couple of weeks to learn more about the back end (I almost wrote backside) of blogging and creative writing. The best part will be meeting some of the great people I’ve spoken with online. I’ve done this a few times now – met people in real life after…

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As I’ve watched the Pat Robertson train wreck get worse and worse over the past few years, I’ve marveled at the way humans are drawn to caricatures.  That’s what Robertson is – he’s a warped caricature of a thoughtful wise Christian leader. His foolish hurtful very-un-Christian pronouncements receive massive media coverage and widespread rebuttal from…

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Christians in my circles often wrestle with what to do with Halloween — it is a harmless dress-up night or a celebration of the Devil? Should we participate or separate? Joy asked me to edit and repost my thoughts on Christians and Halloween, as she was too busy with sick kids to post. What are…

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Every once in awhile, my words run out. The last few days I’ve poured them out spoken and written. Today, I find myself empty, resting, waiting on the refilling that always comes. So for today’s life: unmasked, I’ll just share a few photos of real life. Welcome to life: unmasked, a blog link-up encouraging us…

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