Category Archives: faith
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May 11, 2012Half a decade ago, I read Sheila Walsh’s excellent book on depression, The Heartache No One Sees. I had never heard of Sheila before (despite her fame as a singer, speaker, and writer), but I was quickly taken in by her transparency, hard-knocks wisdom, and … Continue reading
Call and Answer
April 12, 2012I know a LOT of people. Therefore, I’m privy to a LOT of personal needs and tragedies, and sometimes the magnitude of all that suffering overwhelms me. I feel like if I hear one more sad story, one more financial … Continue reading
The Lowest Places
March 22, 2012He sits beside us in the lowest places of our lives, like water. Are we broken? He is broken with us. Are we rejected? …Do people misunderstand us, turn away from us? They hid their faces from him as from … Continue reading
I May Do Things You Don’t Understand
March 14, 2012Over the past week or so, underneath my basketball excitement, I’ve been in a funk. However happy I am with my life (and I do have a GREAT life), the fact remains that I’ve been handed a pretty crummy, unfair … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on Lent
February 23, 2012Although I grew up in church, I wasn’t really aware of Lent until I lived with my friend Kathy in college. Kathy was the first Catholic I ever knew in a day-to-day way, and she taught me about the church … Continue reading
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