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A Little Lesson in Omnipresence Last time I baked chocolate chip cookies, I discovered a crisis in my kitchen: My favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe had disappeared. For years I had saved an empty bag of chips because the recipe on its back resulted in the best chocolate chip cookies I’d ever baked. I had carefully […]
‘Tis the Season….We have another wedding in the works! Rich’s daughter Rebecca accepted Jeff’s proposal on Thursday evening. Like most couples, they’ve had their challenges. Last summer, struggling, they stepped back to consider their relationship and examine its dimensions. Rebecca moved into our home, which provided her dad and me with ringside seats for this phase […]
My dad and his youngest grandson. Thanksgiving, 2007 The Christmas I was almost five, I so wanted a Baby Pat-A-Burp (really!) doll that when my parents took me to visit the department store Santa, I asked for that one thing only. I had a strategy–I figured if I only asked for one thing, I was sure to receive […]
A Little Something for Rob Just a few days before my daughter and Rob’s wedding, I realized that I wanted to give her a keepsake–something from me to her to commemorate the day. We had planned to spend some time alone together the afternoon before the wedding; that occasion would be just right to present […]
He Shows Himself in Others’ WorksSometimes we miss God because we’re only willing to “count” those instances when He speaks directly to our hearts, or blesses us directly in some obvious way. Those events are awesome, but we have many other opportunities to witness His presence among us. I love to see His hand in […]
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