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the truth in aspirations
One of the guiding tenants of my profession, social work, and what must be a guiding tenant of the Christian faith as we are made in the image of a creative and compassionate God, is one of the lines...
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pain is no measure of his faithfulness
Reflecting one year later on a great deal of change and uncertainty, loss and newness, anger and sadness, knowing and knowing nothing, I’m reminded by a friend tonight of the words below. On the eve...
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a race against the clock, and a willingness to pause
It’s been one meeting after another. It’s remained a race against the clock day in and day out. Class starting, support group starting, fundraiser planning, t-shirt making, early meetings, late...
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in our honest hours
in our honest hours of anxiety of unsureness of exhaustion of insecurity of restlessness of loneliness of misunderstanding of arrogance of boredom of transition of self-righteousness of worry of...
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intolerance of uncertainty | thoughts on a new year
It’s no doubt that the things which are the most important for us to know are the things which, once heard, feel the most obvious. The things which, once said, feel the most simple. And yet, it is...
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worth more than a lazy saturday
I won’t lie. To all my friends with children, jobs that carry them into the weekend, life that carries them over the edge…I wont lie. I usually sleep in on Saturdays. If I’m in town, which is becoming...
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things regarded as dead
I woke up Easter morning to find an email from a friend that only read: “Today may you start seeing God’s resurrection of things regarded as dead.” One week later, I’m not sure in what ways I’m...
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when it’s worth saying
She held her hands over her mouth most of the time she talked, which I’ve been trained to know means she’s not sure about what she’s saying and she isn’t sure it’s worth someone else hearing I find...
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stumbling toward healing
The promise brought in by time is hardly ever known beforehand, and even if it were we wouldn’t have the slightest idea what the promise meant. We can’t know until it’s time to know, and we can’t be...
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