Sometimes I’m scared to hope. I don’t want to be disappointed (again). I’d rather keep my expectations too low than too high. But that can be a negative way to…
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A Knock on the Door It’s around 10:30 p.m. on the cruise ship. We’re somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. I am too tired to stay up any longer. I send…
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We all have days when things go right. Everything we touch is golden. But we also have days when things go wrong. It’s in those days that it’s easy to…
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In the middle of this crazy year, we can wonder: Where is God? We once knew the right answer to this call-and-response: “God is good all the time. And all…
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We passed the year anniversary of Stan’s death on March 15, 2020. It was one of the last days we could enter a restaurant to eat together, and the first…
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The Long Darkness It’s coming soon. Midwinter. The longest hours of darkness all year. The fewest hours of sunlight. The hours vary from place to place. New York City, for…
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