Four Types of Love How do you quantify the value of a human life? Is it the number of non-traditional breakfast foods a man consumes, the number of Orioles games or Law and Order episodes watched, or how many times his one-of-a-kind humor makes us laugh? I can only speak to my own experience with […]
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The Prelude My cousin Katie and I grew up as next door neighbors on the remains of a several hundred acre plot of land that our great-grandparents owned. I was older by a little more than a year. This was such a bonus as a kid. I got to do everything first–school, dating, driving, college,
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I don’t like writing Though this statement is no longer true (you are after all, reading my blog), for many of my formative 20 years, I DESPISED writing. From scratching out thank you notes to pushing myself through college literary analysis essays, writing was drudgery. Yet, when God plants a seed within you, he finds
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Seeing Beauty Our family spent the past three days in New York City, enjoying the beautiful sights. We walked to the center of Brooklyn Bridge and took in the gorgeous free view of the skyline. The boys requested to go to the MET, so we spent three hours viewing ancient Greek and Roman busts and
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What is God’s Name? When our oldest was in preschool, he would pray the “The Lord’s Prayer” (The “Our Father” to our Catholic brothers and sisters) at church every Sunday, loudly and proudly: Our Father, Who art in heaven, Howard be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is
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The Minor Prophets: Big Fish, Bad Wives, and Doom My husband and I are blessed to be part of a wonderful Bible study at our church. At my husband’s request, we are currently studying the minor prophets. This week’s “prophet of the week”: Haggai. You never know what you’re going to get when it comes
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When a family friend offered us a free mountain vacation at their cabin on the Cacapon River, I did not expect the depth of insight the trip would offer.
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Remember that story from the Bible about the little guy in the tree? His name was one of the most fun to say in Sunday School: Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was short, but that wasn’t his main problem. He was a tax collector–not a well-regarded profession, and he wasn’t an honest one. He frequently overcharged folks just
When my husband surprises me by facing one of his fears, it makes me think about what I’ve been reluctant to try, and what might be gained in stepping out in faith.
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Diversity Makes Us Stronger I teach at a high school in the mid-Atlantic that is the very definition of diverse. The “majority” student group, not Caucasian, tops off at a whopping 44%. The main corridor of the school boasts a gallery of flags from students’ home countries. It is an impressive array. The staff is
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