You know those days when you send a sad kid off to school? Maybe it's friend problems, or loneliness, or just the growing pains of life—but whatever the reason, they leave the house and it's not better? Welcome to my morning. Everything in me wanted to pull her into my lap (though she doesn't really ...
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When You Wish You Had More to Give
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A young boy elbows his way to the front of the crowd and tugs on a man's sleeve. Andrew looks down to see the boy holding out an open sack. Inside Andrew sees five small loaves of bread nestled beside two cooked fish. "I heard the rabbi ask for food," ...
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Too Tall Too Soon
A poem for preteen girls...and the mamas who love them
Too tall too soon,
a wonder-eyed kid caught in a growing-fast body.
“So wise and mature,” the watching world exclaims—
and sometimes it’s true—
but I know how you sleep snuggling armfuls of stuffed animals
and half-believe in Big Foot and ...
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When It’s Okay to Tell God What You Want
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Confession: I struggle with the word surrender. At least I struggle with the way some people use it. The way many Christians talk, it seems like surrender means we are supposed to achieve a Zen-like place ...
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