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Tag Archives: God
Mischief in Public
It is odd to discover all the things that change when your spouse dies. Particularly, when your spouse was your best friend, the one you could talk to about anything, the one who was deliciously amorous and humorously wicked. My … Continue reading
Not For the Faint of Heart
Politics and political discussions these days are not for the faint of heart. Like many families and groups of friends, I have friends and family on both sides of the American political equation. I have learned, sometimes the hard way, … Continue reading
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
Tears in Church
All of my adult life, I have had trouble with crying. When you cry in front of people who do not know you well, it is often alarming to them, and an embarrassment to you. I am writing this on … 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
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
Parking, Athanasius, Police, Love
As this last Sunday was Trinity Sunday, it came over me that I should tell you this true story. It is a bit of history related to me by two reputable people who repeated it over the years. The story … 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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