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Category Archives: Spiritual Growth
Vanishing Point
Definition: 1. : a point at which receding parallel lines seem to meet when represented in linear perspective. 2. : a point at which something disappears or ceases to exist. ***************************************************************************** My husband bought a newish truck to replace our old … Continue reading
Posted in Flash memoir, Spiritual Growth
Tagged #adoption, #christianlegacy, #eternallife, #findingbirthmom, #flashmemoir, #longlostrelatives
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Fathers
This coming Sunday is Father’s Day, a joyous day for some, a complicated, difficult day for others, so let me tell you about the fathers I have known. I’ve already written about my adoptive dad. In a nutshell, he was … Continue reading
Veritas Matters
The other evening, I watched a bio pic about Aretha Franklin who was a musical force in my adolescence with hits like “Respect,” “Chain of Fools,” and “You Make me Feel Like a Natural Woman.” The film portrayed wounds and … Continue reading
Wonderful!
Here in New England, spring can be a frustrating season. Last March ended with a paralyzing snowstorm that cracked tree limbs and flattened my favorite lilac bush. April opened with a ninety-degree day then chilled to misty showers that lasted … Continue reading
Posted in Flash memoir, Spiritual Growth
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Easter in an Eggshell, a Very Short Testimony
On a cold day in December my adoption became official. My birth certificate stated I was the daughter of my adoptive parents, as if my illegitimate birth and nine months in foster care had never taken place. I had a … Continue reading
The Jabberwocky and Spiritual Warfare
Once words leave our mouths or our pens, they are no longer ours. They belong to the listener or the reader and are subject to their interpretation no matter the speaker or the writer’s intent. And in this mysterious process … Continue reading
Connecting the Dots
Some people pick a word for the year, a word they believe God has in some way given them as a guidepost, a word that somehow defines what God’s hope and joy is for them in the next chunk of … Continue reading
Do You Live in a Shack?
A few nights after New Year’s, I watched the movie version of the novel, The Shack by William Paul Young. I read it years ago while it was a bestseller and frankly wasn’t impressed, but then maybe I wasn’t ready … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Spiritual Growth
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Memoir as a Process of Forgiveness
Almost ten years ago, a friend helped me set up a blog after I’d published my first book, Teacher Dropout about discovering God’s grace while I worked in a poverty school. He explained, a blog is like the lady at … Continue reading