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California’s Mojave Desert Miners, Miracles, and Answered Prayers It seems the whole world held its breath as 33 miners, trapped for 69 days in a collapsed mine in Chile, were rescued in an inspiring display of ingenuity, bravery, and international cooperation. The New York Times compared the rescue to that of the Apollo 13 mission. I […]
His Ways, His Timing Yesterday we celebrated our daughter-in-law Rachael on her 28th birthday. On our way to the birthday festivities, we stopped at the cemetery nearby to pay our respects at the grave of my husband’s firstborn son, Sean. He died on his wife’s birthday four years ago. Thursday brings the second anniversary of my mother’s […]
March, 2010: Aboard our Boat Profound Grief, Profound Faith Saturday Rich and I attended a memorial service and committal at sea for our friend Clay. His wife and my husband have worked together for 24 years. Clay fought cancer for a year and a half before being called home on August 23. He was 50 […]
Clearing out Crud Yesterday would have been my mom’s 74th birthday. I miss her most on her birthday, when I’m honoring her memory instead of baking her a cake. The week had brought sadness even before her birthday: News that a dear friend had died. News that another dear friend’s brave battle against cancer appears […]
The Santiago Fire, October, 2007 A Great Big Faith Yesterday I read again the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who during the Jews’ time of exile to Babylon were thrown into the fiery furnace by an outraged King Nebuchadnezzar for refusing to worship a giant gold idol he had erected. It’s an amazing tale […]
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