Our Stories Unleashed

We Can Focus on Today

This was a different sort of prayer.  It wasn’t the prayer offered out of memory or routine, like the ones you say before a meal or before bed.  It wasn’t a spontaneous prayer of joyful gratitude, like the ones you declare at the sound of good news or great relief.  This was a prayer from the depths of her heart.  It was a prayer offered in deep anguish.  A prayer offered from the heavy weight of a wound that wouldn’t heal.  Deep anguish. Eli...

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How Do We Reflect God?

One of a kind! The best way to describe my kids and grandkids is with that phrase. No one else is like them. They are distinct in the way they look, how they act, and even the way they carry themselves. These distinct characteristics – some that seem familial and some that are amazingly unique – set my kids apart from others the same age. These distinct characteristics can be used to trace a line of family...

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Making Room for Life

Do you remember youth camp? Many of us spent at least part of our teenage summers immersed in that wonderful weeklong experience of highly energetic days of adventure and highly meaningful nights of worship. Camp is so fun. The memories are lasting. Overall, it can be a great experience, and I long for the post-pandemic days when we can return to its revelry. However, if you did experience camp you likely experienced the effect of coming off the “camp...

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