The halls were jammed with families, coats, and strollers. Tickets in hand, we made our way from each game to the next, kids collecting trinket-prizes at each one. The signs above each door named the activity inside. “Snowball Grab” “Toboggan Run” “Ice Hockey” Then, at the far end of a back hall, the sign read…

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The first Saturday of each month, Elizabeth Esther hosts a blog-hop in which everyone can feature their favorite/most-popular/most controversial post from the previous month. I am joining in this month, in which we are featuring a post from both December and January. For December, I am re-linking the story “Bringing Up the Year as Mom…

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A Deeper Story Today my first post went up at a Deeper Story. If you’ve read my blog for very long, you know how I embrace writing about the things we don’t talk about. The story I wrote over there is a deeply personal one, wrestling with the inextricable intertwining of trust, honesty, intimacy, and…

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Dear friend, You possess a rock-solid certainty of the truth and accuracy of your faith. This is a gift. Did you know that? Certainty is not a universal thing. I long for it. But, at least for now, I don’t have it. Sometimes I think you fail to understand that about those of us who…

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I counted tonight. I’ve been coughing for nearly 7 weeks. Then I think of those with actual chronic diseases and feel guilty for wallowing. The mud is right there, just inches from my feet, so easy to slip into, almost beckoning me off the toilsome hike. “Come, rest here, throw a pity party.” Sometimes, the…

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On Fridays I’m going to highlight some recent developments and share a few of the posts that touched me this week. A Deeper Story: Tales of Christ and Culture I’m over-the-moon that the founders of Deeper Story have invited me to join them as a story-teller. Their mission is exactly what I’m about: tell stories…

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