Category: Essays


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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

I wrote another essay for my church’s eNewsletter. You may recognize some bits and pieces of it from two previous posts. As always, what I ended up writing is not necessarily what I sat down to write. That is the amazing thing about the writing process. I truly feel the Spirit working through me. I [...]

Friday, May 4th, 2007

[This is an essay I wrote a couple years ago. My friend Jenny's post reminded me of the importance of the hard work of repair. I realized I wrote this before I started blogging, so I'm posting it now. It's one of my favorites.] All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between [...]

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

I have the privilege of writing for my church’s enewsletter from time to time. Below is my latest effort. John 10:10 I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. Romans 5:3-5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom [...]

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

My five-year old son and I made cookies today. Henry loves to help me cook and bake. He runs the mixer for me, dumps in ingredients, and cracks eggs. Snickerdoodles are Henry’s very favorite kind of cookie and I needed something to serve my bible study, so that’s what we made. We finished creaming the [...]