It had been a full time of working in West Africa when we arrived at the airport for our flight home. Standing at the entrance in a state of slightly panicked prayer, we watched our phones, waiting for our health tests to hit the screen. I didn't want help to pause. I wanted my results!
I Don't ...
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When was the last time you looked at someone who's different than you and thought, "People are so strange"? I sat at the end of a long pine table with a latte in my hand, tapping a pen on a pad of paper for jotting down jot-worthy things. It was mostly empty.
He came shuffling in, toting an ...
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Jeff and I met playing volleyball. But we’re both short, so we’re not known for spiking the ball over the net. The player who spikes it usually gets credit for a point, but it’s actually the bump and the set that win the game. Bump—set—spike. If you’re going to connect, you have to know how to ...
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I get whiplash in January. After a November focus on gratitude, we enter December intentionally giving to others, seeing others. Then January arrives. The world encourages us to do an about-face. Somehow it doesn’t feel right packing up the humble manger scene and putting myself in the center of a ...
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You know the gift. The one you get, but don’t want. And you know the moment. The one where you’re trying to look grateful, but your face is exposing you’re posing. It's out of place when trying to prepare Him room. Sometimes, we get what isn’t on our list, what we never wanted, and what we wouldn’t ...
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