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Living from the Heart
A friend posted a link to this article, titled “What Not to Say to a Working Mother.” It’s a good article, and it really raised my awareness. What’s interesting to me is that…
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Change of Pace
Yesterday morning when my husband was in the living room tying his shoes, I heard him chuckle. “Where are we going with all this, Honey?” he asked. He was looking at the book…
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Nature’s Witness: How Evolution Can Inspire Faith
Recently a question occurred to me: what if the way we read the Bible is all wrong? Typically we approach it with the idea that the world was perfect until humans messed it…
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How to offer comfort
I heard this beautiful piece on NPR back on December 19. One of many stories after the Sandy Hook tragedy, it speaks of the loss of a child, and how to be there…
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A Place for You
Paul Tournier’s A Place for You is a book my youth pastor talked about years ago, when I was in college. I read it back then to see what he liked so much,…
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Scripture as Autobiography
I’ve always found the story of the wedding at Cana exciting, because it shows God changing his mind. At least, this is how I’ve put it to myself. Mary asks Jesus to do…
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2012 Reading Reflections
I already listed my reading in 2012 here, but it’s in a form that’s essentially useless to me: alphabetical by author. I was curious to go back and list the books in the…
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Book Geeks Unite: Top Quotes
We have certain lines from stories that tickle us so much they’ve become a part of our family lexicon. We look for opportunities to insert them into the family dialogue, and (surprisingly in…
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What’s On Your Nightstand? January 2013
Today it’s time for What’s On Your Nightstand? hosted at 5 Minutes for Books. I’ve read some interesting books over the last month and this is a prime opportunity to revisit them. Here they…
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Restorers
Also, although what “image of God” means in its fullest biblical witness may be open for discussion, in Genesis it does not refer to a soul or a psychological or spiritual quality that…