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I Lost My Top Subscriber
Last week, I lost my top subscriber. I know I’m supposed to be tough and keep writing regardless, but blogging just isn’t the same without her. She used to comment with astonishing, almost unsettling swiftness. Mere moments after I pressed “publish,” my inbox would ping with her praise. It was an antiphony I miss already.… Continue reading
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Lessons from My Favorite Fictional Mother
Throughout Little Women, Mrs. Margaret March—fondly called “Marmee” by her daughters—seems to be a background character. We are told about the appearances, idiosyncrasies, aspirations, relationships, and weaknesses of the four March sisters, but are given very little information about Marmee. Instead, whatever glimpses we catch of her come through conversations with and among her daughters.… Continue reading
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Supporting Women Who have Mixed Feelings about Pregnancy
I am going to say something very unpopular as a married Christian woman: I am not really a baby person. I believe that children are a gift from the Lord and that human life is valuable and worth protecting from its very beginning. I genuinely enjoy children; I just have never shared the bubbling-over baby-fever… Continue reading
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When Two Families Meet
At funerals and weddings, two families meet—perhaps for the first time. Such meetings can be either unspeakably sweet or unbearably awkward. I am not merely referring to parents meeting in-laws, but something more significant: the meeting of earthly and eternal families. When we gather to celebrate a marriage or mourn a death, we are confronted… Continue reading
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Reblog & Reflection: After a Children’s Christmas Service
I just finished playing for another children’s Christmas service which, as usual, was full of joy and cuteness and more than a few muffled laughs. Highlights of the evening included my organ student accompanying hymns with excellence, little voices reading big words from Scripture, and pews full of beaming parents and grandparents. Humor from the… Continue reading
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I Learned it from Mom
It’s my mom’s birthday, so I spent some time reflecting on all of the reasons I’m thankful for her. There are too many to write, but at the top of the list is her wisdom. Here are a few of the lessons she taught my brother and me that continue to shape how we live… Continue reading
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Whoever you are, I miss you
In this time of isolation, many lovers have been forced into long-distance relationships and many friends and neighbors suddenly separated by an unfeeling six feet. Like everyone else, I miss being close to those I care about. However, I have their numbers for FaceTime and their addresses for letters, and these make the missing easier,… Continue reading
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