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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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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I used to think getting all deep and lit-crit-y about ancient texts was the smart-intellectual-person thing to do. I’d sit in World Lit class feeling ignorant and shallow for just enjoying the story while the rest of the class debated what Shakespeare was really saying in “As You Like It,”  Then I’d head to my…

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Today’s Five-Minute-Friday writing prompt is “empty.” I wrote this poem a couple of years ago, and thought of it as soon as I read today’s prompt. Rather than write the same poem again (especially since I woke up with a pounding headache), I dug through my archives to find and share it today. Empty 2am…

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