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Tag Archives: Blessings
The Intersection of How We Speak and Wanting a Seat in the Pew…
The post that follows is one of my earliest — and something that bears repeating. Especially now — in 2020! This last Sunday my husband and I accepted an invitation from friends to attend church with them. It is a … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Life in these times
Tagged Blessings, Changing hearts, Christian witness, Clergy, Divorce, Faith, Music, Sin, Worship
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Heaven
My husband and I have talked about everything under the sun. It should not surprise you that we had some fascinating conversations about Heaven. Both his parents and mine are deceased, and neither set of parents lived to know that … Continue reading
Pray For A Eucatastrophe
Some time ago I wrote a blog post about the friendship between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. On my book page I wrote this: To cut to the chase, let me suggest a book that seems perfectly tailored for reading … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Church, Family, Friendship, Life in these times, Politics, Responsibility, War
Tagged Armor, Blessings, Children, Christian witness, Faith, Freedom, Friendship, God, History, Illness, Love, Our choices, Persecution, Prayer, Sin, Trial, War
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The Inability to Forgive
Throughout my life, I have known a handful of people who were seemingly incapable of forgiveness. I found it remarkable as they were also believers who knew well the teachings in Holy Scriptures regarding forgiveness. Worship in a liturgical church, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life in these times, Marriage, Mental Health
Tagged Blessings, Faith, Forgiveness, God, Liturgy, Memories, Our choices, Prayer
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Wisdom From My Elders
Sometimes when you least expect it, you get sage advice from the unlikeliest places, in this case — from two people dear to me — who have been long dead. My sweet maternal grandmother who died when I was but … Continue reading
The Color of Grief
June 24th marked three months since my husband died. I am doing better. The country is divided and embroiled in attacks, mobs, destruction, death, all manner of hateful things. All I seem able to do is try to get through … Continue reading
Two Generations of Marriage Priorities
I’ve often written about my parents in the pages of this blog. They were each other’s intellectual equals. They were hopelessly in love with each other and knew how to have fun. You can’t have fathers without mothers, and my … Continue reading
A Visitor
Only two times in my life has something so inexplicable happened that I haven’t known what to do with the memory of the event. What I narrate here is one such event. It happened many years ago now, but my … Continue reading
Posted in Heaven, Life in these times
Tagged Blessings, Death, Faith, Forgiveness, God, Grief, Sin
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Live Life and Love
Imagine that your spouse or someone dear to you has died, and you worry whether that person knew you loved them. My Dad told me that he knew several people who were eaten up by that worry after someone had … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, Love, Marriage
Tagged Blessings, Children, Death, Friendship, God, Love, Marriage, Memories, Music, Our choices, Picnic, Prayer
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Two Gifts that Changed Everything
I am writing this on Saturday — and that is important, because today, on this particular Saturday, April 25th, two gifts tripped me up, stopped me in my tracks, and turned me around. The first gift was something I stumbled … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Life in these times, Love, Marriage, Responsibility
Tagged Auto Pilot, Blessings, Changing hearts, Death, Faith, Friendship, Grief, Love, Movies, Our choices, Thoughtfulness
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