I have watched how they go these past weeks. Soaring and diving, turning and landing—a migration ballet. I stand in the middle of the street with my neck arched upward for dizzying moments. When they swoop overhead,...
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Nov 30, 2011
by glynnyoung
Michelle DeRusha thought the ideal vacation would be spending a week of silence with Carthusian monks. (She must be a mom.)
When that wasn’t possible, she did the next best thing. She set aside 20 minutes of quiet...
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Nov 24, 2011
by lauraboggess
I don’t know why I came.
Many reasons, I suppose—obligation, guilt, habit.
Whatever it is, I give up my Saturday morning for it. Meet this ragtag group to pitch in and clean up our church. I drag the boys...
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Nov 22, 2011
I’m at this retreat listening to Cliff and Christine Warner talk about their family with its wonderful Sabbath tradition of sharing carefully planned meals with their children...They seem to be living Babette’s...
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Oct 27, 2011
One of our sister organizations in the Foundation is Laity Lodge, a retreat center in the Hill Country of Texas. They have an anonymous blogger known only as "Pilgrim." He recently posted a piece about the...
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Oct 22, 2011
by glynnyoung
Given that I live in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, and work often in the Washington area, it’s not uncommon for me to drive on Interstates 81 and 66, often while on the way to participate in some sort of...
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Oct 5, 2011
Eric had leadership written all over him. Intelligence, good looks, and interpersonal drive had led to an MBA at a major university. When his first business venture failed, he was on to another that succeeded. Several...
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Jul 28, 2011
There is a flat valley between two mountain ranges just east of Creede, Colorado. The valley is about a mile wide and the Rio Grande river meanders back and forth through it. My in-laws began coming to this valley in the...
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Jul 8, 2011
When you’re an elementary teacher, each year is a new panorama of people and personalities. You have students who walk in confident and students who walk in unsure. You have students who walk in...
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Jun 16, 2011
To my dearest doubting daughter,
Our last conversation left me with a heavy feeling inside. I’ve been thinking about you and your unfolding life journey. You are a very intelligent young woman, and that can be...
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