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Category Archives: Living as Apprentices
Even the Small Things
Most of our world is living in a time of chaos, emotionally if not physically. Getting up in the morning can be overwhelming. Following through on our agenda for the day AND keeping a loving spirit while we take each … Continue reading
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Ash Wednesday Devotional: Being with God
In her book Firstlight, Sue Monk Kidd relates this charming story: “One evening as I sat in the rocker working on a piece of needlepoint, I got one of those feelings of being watched. Looking up, I saw my five-year-old … Continue reading
Bouncing Back – Resilience
For the last month my husband has been critically ill. I have become a nurse. Wellness is not only the main topic in our home, it has become the main topic of most e-mails and phone calls from family and … Continue reading
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Overcoming Spiritual Withdrawal Symptoms
As I struggle with some old narratives (especially “life should be fair) while caring for my sick husband, I remembered this blog first published on August 6, 2017. It focuses on the importance of dealing with residual emotions when we … Continue reading
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The Parable of the Lost Fred
Note: Recently I was poking around in the archives of this blog and noticed the following blog, published on January 21, 2013. I re-posted it again on August 9, 2014. Now my husband is again seriously ill, and I’m realizing … Continue reading
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From My Reading
“Many people in churches today don’t have a sense of community and in order to get a sense of community, church leaders start gathering people up and giving them jobs. We’ve lost a talent for relationship and showing interest in … Continue reading
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Down Time
This post was written almost exactly 5 years ago, when western Michigan was pummeled by a winter snow storm. The lessons I learned from the “down time” have stuck with me. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I am snowed in … Continue reading
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