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in April 2022

When A Mountain Looms Up Ahead

A few days ago, we wrapped up a church retreat in the mountains of the neighboring state. My husband got behind the wheel as usual so we could wind our way down the mountain and drive another four hours back home. But almost as soon as we buckled ourselves in, he got the worst migraine ever. ...

Your Ministry Can Be Ordinary — And That’s Okay

The other day a friend mentioned the passing to glory of a 98-year-old man who had served the Lord in children’s ministry for fifty years in the city where I live. I wish I had had the privilege of meeting this person because the messages on the WhatsApp group where his ministry was being discussed were ...

Living In The In-Between of Holy Saturday

The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter has always felt somewhat nondescript to me. We do nothing much in particular. I probably spend most of my time in the kitchen prepping resurrection rolls (a tradition at our house) and baking lemon meringue pies (a recent but here-to-stay dessert for Easter lunch). Holy Saturday hasn’t felt especially ...

What The Will Smith Incident Reveals About Human Beliefs

The world gasped in collective disbelief as Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars last week. When the shock dissipated and clouds of “what just happened??!” lifted, the pervasive sentiment seemed to be “How could he?” or more specifically, “How could he get away with that?” While Will Smith has since apologized and resigned from the ...
MEET SUSAN

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