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Volume 37, No. 8
Verbs Not Nouns - Oscar Wilde once said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it, and that is your punishment. But if you never know, then you can be anything. We are not nouns, but verbs. We are not a thing, but...
Volume 37, No. 7
Tiny, Beautiful Things I just started reading Cheryl Strayed's Tiny Beautiful Things, and it is breaking me wide open. It is an emotional roller coaster of a read, but it is so beautiful. I told Matt, “This book is making me more...
Volume 37, No. 6
Praying for Deliverance - Years ago, my dear friend Joe Haag, who many of you know, said to our Sunday School class about his wife Jean Ann: “There comes a time when you stop praying for healing, and you start praying for...
Volume 37, No. 5
Last Friday evening, Matt and I had dinner at a church member’s home. The food was delightful, and the company was even better. Before we began eating our thoughtfully prepared meal, our host opened with a blessing from Kate Bowler’s...
Volume 37, No. 4
From Dust to Dust - Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the day we begin the Lenten season. I typically don’t care for Ash Wednesday much. It’s always been a little depressing, and as someone who’s been afraid of death since...