I Finally Understand Meekness!

It happened again. It was the start of a great sermon, but I got distracted. Not by the man yawning, making his moustache curl up into a curious shape while endlessly tapping on his phone, and not by the pattern of light splayed across the walls. I got distracted by a side reference the pastor […]

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On August 10, 2022
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Christmas Ideas from Around the World

Thanksgiving weekend tends to be the kick-off for Christmas traditions. This year we were in Grand Rapids, MI at my sister’s house, so we got to enjoy the Christmas tradition at Meijer Gardens – Christmas and Holiday Traditions from Around the World. Having worked on a very international team when we lived overseas, I, of […]

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On December 10, 2019
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How to Learn Photography with Camels, Cliffs, and Capes

There we were, scaling up the side of a cliff with our camera bags trying to convince us we were headed in the wrong direction and our tripods repetitively slapping the outside of our thighs as if to say, “Idiot. Idiot. Idiot.” As my foot faltered for the next iron rung of what was almost […]

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On September 22, 2017
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This is it.

I can still feel the hard cracked surface that I’m sitting on, there – on the bleachers just inside the gym. I’m back in junior high and the anticipation two-stepping in my stomach and twitching my fingers can hardly be contained. It must have been the last day of school or something equally festive for me […]

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On April 25, 2017
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