There and Back Again: Holy, Holy, Holy

November 16, 2011 By

Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows. Chicago. 2009. Sunday Flooding Sunday in church I cried. It wasn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last, I don’t think. But this past Sunday, as our congregation sang “Holy, Holy, Holy,” tears rolled down my face as if I were chopping onions. Or grieving. I was […]


Filed Under: child, God's omnipotence, grandchildren, grief, Psalm 146, sing, worship

There and Back Again: Holy, Holy, Holy

November 16, 2011 By

Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows. Chicago. 2009. Sunday Flooding Sunday in church I cried. It wasn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last, I don’t think. But this past Sunday, as our congregation sang “Holy, Holy, Holy,” tears rolled down my face as if I were chopping onions. Or grieving. I was […]


Filed Under: child, God's omnipotence, grandchildren, grief, Psalm 146, sing, worship

Seeing in New Places

October 28, 2011 By

Elaine. Tahiti. January, 2004. Slipping Free of Fear My daughter Elaine and her husband Rob, who recently moved to Hawaii, just completed their SCUBA certifications. She posted yesterday on Facebook: I’m officially a certified open water scuba diver!! Aaaaaand I swam with THREE sea turtles and a shark today. So awesome. This news makes me […]


Filed Under: child, family, fear, God's omnipotence, oceans, Psalm 78

Seeing in New Places

October 28, 2011 By

Elaine. Tahiti. January, 2004. Slipping Free of Fear My daughter Elaine and her husband Rob, who recently moved to Hawaii, just completed their SCUBA certifications. She posted yesterday on Facebook: I’m officially a certified open water scuba diver!! Aaaaaand I swam with THREE sea turtles and a shark today. So awesome. This news makes me […]


Filed Under: child, family, fear, God's omnipotence, oceans, Psalm 78

For Rebecca, on The BIG Day

October 14, 2011 By

Rich, Rebecca, and Ruffles. Father’s Day, 2010. Pacific Ocean. Giveaway Day This afternoon at 5:30, my husband will escort his daughter down the aisle and present her hand to another guy. Her guy. The one who is now the most important man in her world. The one I told you about last year, when their […]


Filed Under: 1 John 3, child, dance, family, God's omnipotence, hope, husband, love, wedding
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