When You’re Almost Out of Light
“I’m almost out of light,” he says. He’s sitting on the deck outside. I want to add, “Me, too.” Yet I don’t. I hold it in. I say nothing. We’ve…
Read moreSearch for the Light—Even in Your Chaos Friend
The Chaos Friend I’m sitting in a folding chair in a big room. The speakers for the next Women’s Conference are being announced. Through the long list of names, I…
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What Do You Wish You’d Known on Your Wedding Day?
—Grace & Truth Linkup
If you’ve been married one day or 50 years, what do you wish you’d known on your wedding day? I started with a limp at my and Jeff’s wedding. Not…
Read moreHow to Win Your Fight with Time . . . in your four thousand weeks
When Everything Slows You Down The elevator still isn’t here. We’re stuck on the 8th floor lobby. We need to get down to the 1st. My 3-month-old grandson has been…
Read more5 Ways to Deal With Your Thousand Little Deaths
“If you’re suffering, it means you have a heart. Suffering is evidence of your capacity to love, and only those who understand suffering can understand life and help others.”– Cuong…
Read moreLet Love Be the Tiebreaker
Should we rank our values? Typically our noble virtues don’t clash. But when they do? Let love be the tiebreaker. First Intentional Act On the first night after our little…
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