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from Susan Narjala
Three Words That Can Help Smooth Those Wrinkles In Your Marriage
Admit it. You’ve aimlessly wandered along the corridors of Facebook, only to mindlessly binge-watch blooper videos. Okay, maybe that’s just me. It’s sadistically delightful to see someone more clumsy than you are. Recently, I sniggered my way through one of those #epicweddingfails videos. You know, the clip where a bridesmaid falls into a lake as ...
Installing India – Phase 1
Pulling out another one from the archives. I wrote this post four years ago, when we still experiencing "reverse culture shock" when we moved back to India after about 12 years of living in the US.
Four years on, I cannot believe that Trader Joe's and Costco don't appear on my to-do list. But professional in-home ...
Giving My Kids The Space To Find God
Somewhere along the way, she stopped needing me to hold her hand as we walked in the parking lot. Somewhere along the way, he stopped needing me to read him stories before bed. She stopped needing me to wash her hair with the raspberry scented shampoo. He stopped needing me to tie his shoelaces. They ...
Don’t Ignore The Nudges
Five. That’s the number of articles I wrote that were rejected by DesiringGod. They were very nice about it – their rejection emails were always encouraging, and thoughtfully accurate.
Despite their kind words, turns out I’m not a big fan of rejection (surprise, surprise). Each time I would say to myself, “Okay, this is the last ...
Vacations Don’t Have to Be Vacations From God
If there’s one thing that goes out the window during vacations, it’s routine. Close on its heels would be any pretense at calorie control. (Having recently emerged from a love affair with BBQ ribs on a trip to Texas, I have personally vetted this claim. But that’s a topic for a different article, if I can get ...
Questions for Those Left Behind
It’s another sluggish summer afternoon – I am trying to keep myself awake with ridiculously large quantities of caffeine.
I look at my phone because that’s what I do when I have nothing else to do. Or when I have plenty to do.
I don’t expect to see the message. My heart turns to ice the second ...
Motherhood: The Freedom of Not Being Enough
Women, particularly moms, are increasingly being told that we are “enough.” Best-selling books, popular blogs and even sermons constantly repeat the “You are enough” mantra. But does that phrase help grow our dependence on God? Is it even true? This Bible Plan counters that we are not enough, and challenges us to lean on the ...
My Dad – A Good Man
I remember crafting you a poem when I was eleven years old. It was your 45th birthday and I wrote this for you:
“Born in ‘45
Today 45,
Half of 90
In the Year ‘90”
You thought my poem was next-level brilliant. Like, Nobel Literature Prize worthy. Like, T S Elliot should be taking notes.
Thirty years later, you’re still the ...
One Fierce-Hearted Woman
"She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes. She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes . . ."
You’re probably familiar with this sing-along melody. You’ve sung it on school buses headed to picnics and during big fat Indian family vacations. The “she” in question seems brazenly audacious. She rides six white horses ...
MEET SUSAN
