The Positive Part of Pain
May I make a case for the positive part of pain? This may be a bit difficult, considering we live[…]
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Don’t Neglect Your Mess
Not far from our home is a dentist office that advertises the latest in dental technology. The building is beautiful[…]
Read moreOne Last Time
Earlier this week, 149 people boarded a Germanwings Airbus headed from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, Germany. None of them, including the[…]
Read moreTaking the Bite Out of Rejection
Nobody wants to be rejected. It opens the door to discouragement, defeat and low self-esteem. Rejection can become the ultimate[…]
Read moreIt’s All About Me–Becoming Shrink-Wrapped
Every year our church opens its doors for a week as a warming center hosting the homeless. On a given night, we might[…]
Read moreA Sixty-Second Lesson
I saw a dog get hit by a car today. It was a horrible start to a Monday morning, and[…]
Read moreMaking Memories
This past weekend, our church celebrated its 75th anniversary. My husband has pastored the church for 25 of those 75 years. Our[…]
Read moreThings I Learned from Thurlow Spurr
This year I am participating in a huge Christmas performance as a member of the 300-voice Michigan/Ohio choir, part of the[…]
Read moreMarinating in Life’s Disappointments
Sometimes life deals us serious blows that derail us, or that even stop us in our tracks. What should we do?[…]
Read moreIDENTIFYING BOUNDARIES
This past winter, while shoveling a hefty snowfall, I realized some fascinating similarities between snow shoveling and securing boundaries. We[…]
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