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It started in 2010, just after Haiti shook hard after the earthquake — so hard that thousands perished, thousands more were driven to tent cities and the whole world groaned for its lost children. Here, on an Iowa farm, one small girl groaned with the world. I remember the night she trickled out her first […]
When did you know you were a writer? Who inspires you? What do you say to someone who dreams of having a book published? I’m answering those questions today over at the writing home of Michele-Lyn, of A Life Surrendered. Michele-Lyn is a beautiful woman leaning into Jesus with all of her heart. She writes […]
I stood in the doorway of my family’s new guest-room this morning, and I thought about you, friend. Real friends open doors for each other. And that’s precisely what we’ve done, you and I. We’ve opened doors. I’ve invited you into this home, this life. And you’ve invited me into your in-boxes and hearts. When […]
Charlotte Bronte once said it: “I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” I think of the truth in Charlotte’s words when Marie Therese tells me her life philosophy in a few simple words. Marie Therese speaks through an interpreter, but she looks right at me when she’s talking, like maybe […]
I found her in the church nursery, next to the toy bin. Her little hands gripped the edge of a rocking chair. She looked at me, eyes pooled with disappointment. “Honey. What’s wrong?” But I didn’t need to ask the question. I knew. I pulled the door shut behind me, muffling the sounds of women gathering around […]