How a Duck Changed What I Saw

How a Duck Changed What I Saw

I first read Hamilton Duck’s Springtime Story when I was 4. I’m not sure when my mom began reading it to me, but she read it quite often, enough that I learned to read it for myself. One day I sat with my mom, opened the book that almost engulfed me, arms spread wide...
This Resurrected Life

This Resurrected Life

Staring at Death’s Face She gazed down the way, searching for his familiar form. Surely he’ll be here, she whispered, willing her words to make it so. “Come quickly,” she’d said. “Your friend is sick.” Two days. It’d been two days since she sent word. Where was he?...
One Unsinkable Moment

One Unsinkable Moment

I love musicals. As a young single mom, I spent many rainy afternoons snuggled close with my oldest daughter as we watched “singing and dancing” movies like “Newsies,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” and ”The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” Many films simply stirred joy,...
Wholeness Birthed From a Broken Heart

Wholeness Birthed From a Broken Heart

There are few times in our lives when we can look back and declare, “At that moment, right there, I was broken, and it changed everything.” I remember such a moment, one that sent me on a journey I continue to navigate seventeen years later, one filled with death and...
In Holy Awe of a Beating Heart

In Holy Awe of a Beating Heart

I never saw a heartbeat inside a chest before, until one day, I did. This wasn’t something I set out to do; I’m not a surgeon nor do I work in the medical field. In fact, unless there’s a problem, I don’t pay much attention to the beat of my own heart. I trust in the...

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