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We’re far away from home, in northern Minnesota, celebrating my favorite farmer’s birthday. He turned 43 today. So I am posting this one, from the archives. Because we really believe this is true — God’s Got It. Life on planet Earth isn’t a a piece of cake. But sometimes, you’ve just got to eat the […]
So, I pull her aside in the lobby of a hotel in Arkansas. I want to know what she knows. I want to know what makes her spirit sparkle like that. I want to know how someone can always track joy across the carpet every time she walks into a room. (But never once makes […]
So there is this thing I have been waiting for. The “thing” isn’t as important as what we humans do while waiting for our “things” to happen. My thing is a thing I have been praying about — begging for really — like a red-faced toddler before a holy God. I may or may not have thrown […]
She decides on a Tuesday morning. “Mom, I want to cut my hair short. I want to donate it.” Her voice is coming from the back seat, as we drive to the hairdresser in town. She sounds resolute. “I’ve had this in mind all summer,” she says, “but I haven’t told you. But today I want […]
Emily Wierenga is an artist, a poet, a thinker, a dreamer. And she is a dear friend. Her artwork hangs on our living room wall, and her words always linger long in my soul. I have long been a fan of Emily Wierenga’s writing. I’ve read all of her books, and many of her blog […]