It is so easy to second-guess my response to the heat I’ve taken from church leaders over my blog and social media activity. Sometimes I want to tell the me from three years ago to grow a pair and walk out. But then I remember the person I was at the time. I was, in…

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I’ve been sending photo Christmas cards for as long as we’ve had children. We’ve printed photo newsletters, bought cards with built-in frames, and most recently, ordered photo cards from Costco. The first few years, I chose one of Costco’s designs, but they don’t have a huge selection and many of our friends chose the same…

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Many of you know that my daughter was born with congenital heart defects and spent her eight short years with us fighting off infections and other complications. I made it my full-time job to make our home as healthy as possible. Even though Elli is no longer with us, we still work hard to stay…

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I know I’ve been a bit scarce around here. I hosted Thanksgiving last week, I’m pushing hard to finish some big projects, and I just haven’t had anything to say. I have a rule that I do not blog unless I have something to say. Anyway, thanks to a friendly heads-up from a reader, I…

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At least once a week, I fantasize about burning down the internet. At least once a week, I seriously consider quitting the blog, quitting Facebook, quitting putting myself out here like this. At least once a week, I think that all this stuff I’ve written about being real and open and honest, about taking down…

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Last week I tried something I’ve never done before – I wrote out the story of my daughter’s first three weeks in a series of two posts a day. The result was 11 posts and over 8000 words in 6 days. Then on Tuesday, I wrote for A Deeper Story. It was a sermon, let’s…

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