You Have a Safety Net. Take the Risk.
Is This Safe? Here was another lighthouse. This one was on the Canadian side of our border. We’d been going into several lighthouses in Maine, all interesting, all unique. Why not…
Read moreWhen Transformation Seems Slow, Don’t Eat the Change
He Ate the Change “Mommy, my tummy hurts. Real bad.” Here’s why. He ate change. Literally. My four-year-old friend took a dare this week from a five-year-old. He put coins…
Read moreOnly God, Only Good
What Is Synecdoche? Driving through Birmingham, I saw this billboard for a church. It said, “God is ONLY good.” But when something bad happens, we can think God is mean.…
Read moreLet God Love You
When You’re Tired I got the email Thursday morning. It was from UPS. It said my package would be delivered today. What would it be? I couldn’t remember what I’d…
Read moreAfter Death, More Life
As if on cue, the mother died, too. Exactly two weeks after her son. We lost our friend Stan on March 15. He first went to the hospital for a…
Read more4 Places to Look for Hope
On my final post for this Practicing Hope series, I want to summarize 4 places to look for hope. In such few words, it capsulizes everything I’ve been trying to…
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