History, Real Life and Faith
Our dear friend in faith Hillary has spent the last eight months with us, home in the United States from Sicily where she’s been working for a faith-based nonprofit that does community development. She returns to minister to that part of the world next week. We’re going to miss her. While we’ve known Hillary since she was in high school, our…
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What happens when a writer buys a house? Is it any different from a “normal” person buying a house? It sort of depends on what you define as normal–and whether or not that writer is married to a normal person. Or an engineer. My husband and I have purchased four homes in our years together. In between, we usually lived…
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I visited a friend in a nursing home today and came away remembering other visits to other friends and relatives. It’s a good work, but often takes a mental “gearing up,” to go to a nursing home. So, I’m remember five things that can help make a nursing home visit better for both the patient and the visitors. Five Tips…
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Shh. It’s his birthday and I’ve been hunting good boys for young boys. It wasn’t very hard this year because he’s fixated on all things Star Wars. His collection is so vast, however, I saw nothing to be gained by purchasing more Lego, so I turned to the book department instead. It was easy to find the perfect choice for…
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We’ve got another birthday in our family this week and, as is my custom, I need to survey my favorite books for toddlers. I’ll give you six choices and you can either vote, or suggest another title for the adorable girl turning one. Her family already has our absolute favorite book for toddlers, what I consider the best book for a…
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Following up on the last post about unforgetable books, I’m writing today about hard books–books that tackled challenging subjects and changed the way I think. I haven’t reread any of them. They’re simply too difficult, emotionally, to revisit, but they were very helpful. Click to Tweet The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer–led off the last list and remains at the…
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