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    Love Your Neighbor

    Many years ago, I lived in a small Eskimo village called Gambell, Alaska. Gambell is on an island in…

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    Remaining Hopeful

    With every end, there is a beginning. After an exhausting pregnancy, my sister gave birth to the wor…

  • His Strength, My Joy

    In the book Decision, Joni Eareckson Tada writes: Honesty is always the best policy, but especially …

  • Washing Dishes

    One evening last week I turned on the dishwasher and we took the dog on a walk. Upon returning, the …

  • A Work in Progress

    I was at home sitting on my bed watching a show on Hulu when I got a phone call from a 323 number. I…

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Someone Important

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I used to be someone important. Formerly, I was a teacher educating a hundred kids each week. I loved my work. I loved the mentoring, …

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When to Start School

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Just because children typically start school or kindergarten at five or six years of age, and first grade at six or seven, doesn’t mean that …

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Giving The Gift of Life

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Death sometimes occurs abruptly, surprising unprepared relatives and loved ones. Then there’s the question of organ donation. Often families are asked to make this life-saving …

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Interrupting Rituals

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Sometimes it feels like we Christians are intellectual giants and, at the same time, emotional idiots. More than once, I have been inspired by the …

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Navigating Grief

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it,” observed Helen Keller. Many people have experienced the deep …

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