Dear Scott, Some days, as we move through life together, that old song by Paula Abdul runs through my head. You know the one: “We come together ‘cuz opposites attract.” If you ask someone for one word to describe you, they almost always respond “steady.” Ask someone about me and if we’re lucky, they’ll come…

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It’s the first Saturday of the month, which means it’s time for the Saturday Evening Blog Post hosted by Elizabeth Esther. We link up our favorite, most popular, most controversial, or most whatever post (your choice!) and then visit a few new bloggers to see their most whatever post for the previous month, too. In…

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Today’s guest post comes from Caleb Wilde, a funeral director who reflects on faith through the lens of his vocation. He is currently working on a book and blogs at Confessions of a Funeral Director. You can also stalk him on Twitter. *** Many of us have the gift of moving through the grief process…

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For this week’s Life:Unmasked, I’m featuring an anonymous guest post I received a couple of weeks ago. It is one of the most bare pieces of writing I’ve read in awhile. I have the deepest respect for this woman, awed that in spite of the deep pain she carries, she hasn’t surrendered to bitterness or…

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I’ve run across quite a few excellent articles online this week, so I’ve decided to recommend them to you instead of posting a new blog post. (Six posts by others, one of my own.) I decided to share them in a Friday Quick Take post, brain-child of the great Jennifer Fulwiller of Conversion Diary. 1.…

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For today’s life:unmasked, I’m featuring a post by Hilary, who blogs at Sittin’ There on Capitol Hill. Her fresh approach to Life:Unmasked caught my eye a few weeks ago. With “Dear Hilary, Love, Hilary” she sets her story up as a request for advice from herself to herself.  If you are a poetry lover, check out…

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