U"Tell the disciples that he will meet you in Galilee," the angel said.... In Galilee, at work, in our home, in the familiar places where we break bread and drink from the cup and share the friendship of one another. The risen Lord will meet us in Galilee, on our way, in the midst of …
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Trinity Christian College Starts Nursing Alumni Association
I’m so happy about the newly launched Trinity Alumni Nursing Association (TANA). And here's my (long) story why. Take a seat and sip some tea… It's no secret that I've often said I feel like I had three kids—a son, a daughter, and Trinity's nursing program. Like having kids, helping start Trinity's nursing program was …
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Fall, Millennium Park, Chicago – 2014
Yes, I know we feel like summer has passed us by, but it is time to enjoy this season of change. Fall is on its way. The Chicago Marathon yesterday. The nippier temperatures. The leaves changing outside our window. I didn't know that leaves on top of trees change color first until we moved into …
Memoir as Triologue
I’d never heard of memoir as triologue before I attended the Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin College a few weeks ago. In a session led by three memoirists, Luci Shaw, noted poet, said she liked to think of memoir as a triologue between the writer, God, and the reader. Most of the session …
What are you willing to suffer for? Part 3 – Final Answer
As a response to Part I and Part 2 of this series about suffering, I was comforted yesterday to see the "final answer" to our earthly suffering in the form of our Prayer of Confession written in our church bulletin: Holy God, so many times you have approached us, and we have turned away, You …
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What are you willing to suffer for? Part 2
I asked this question last time based on reading Daniel Taylor’s words that he could tell what our passion was by how we answered this question. Passion is a concept that I’ve discussed often with one of my sisters since we’ve retired. In our working years, we both knew what our passion was. Teaching. We …
What are you willing to suffer for?
A scintillating question. When I read this, I really had to think. I’m gearing up to attend the Calvin College Faith & Writing Festival in April, and I like to read some of the authors ahead of time. Thanks to my Kindle, I’ve downloaded a dozen samples, and I’m getting more revved up to go …
Christmas: An Unexpected Gift
This is often the way God loves us: with gifts we thought we didn't need, which transform us into people we don't necessarily want to be. We assume religion is about giving a little of our power. Then this stranger comes to us, blesses us with a gift, and calls us to see ourselves as …
Thoughts on True vs. False Selves on a Snowy Day in Chicago
Maybe it’s because I lived in a glass house when I was growing up—a parsonage where the parishioners could always watch the behavior of the preacher’s kids—that I have developed a love for being irreverently reverent. I love to act out a bit. It’s hard to be perfect all of one’s life, so I happily …
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A Tribute to a Life of Humility and Caring and Faith
"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."---Thomas Campbell. Thus read the bottom of the commemoration card yesterday at the service we attended for one of our pastors. A Service of Witness to the Resurrection in Celebration of the Life of John. H. Boyle Think of a warm, gentle, quiet man who …
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