History, Real Life, and Faith
“It’s time,” Rose called from my Pearl Harbor driveway where her toddler sat in his stroller. I latched my daughter into her stroller and we took off down the street to pay our respects to the dead. We spent every December 7 for four years together, perched on McGrew Point to await the salute and fly by. When you live on Pearl Harbor, the…
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I love Christmas letters. Tell me all your great news, brag about your kids, allow me to rejoice with you! I want to hear what my friends are thankful for as they look back over the past year and anticipate the next. I also love to write my family’s Christmas letter. It’s an opportunity to crystalize my family’s year in two…
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Who deserves mercy most? I asked myself the question after a ship capsized off the California coast last week. The Coast Guard arrived in time to save all seven people–which included three children under ten. It was a miracle in our frigid waters because no one wore a life jacket. Like many writers to the editor of the paper, I…
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Several years ago I wrote a spiritual memoir I call Loving God Without a Label. It’s the story of how I found God and worshipped Him in many different settings across the United States and even into Europe. It’s not published (yet!), but it’s been instructive in my Christian walk–enabling me to recognize that how a person worships God is…
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I’m choosing to give thanks these days, even for hard things. The reason? This verse: “In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” That verse from 1 Thessalonians 5:18 often trips people up and makes them want to argue instead of giving thanks. “God can’t possibly mean for me to be thankful…
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Our dog and cats have had a hate relationship the nearly twelve years they’ve shared our house. The dog, Suzie, is relegated to the living areas–the family room, kitchen and living room. The cat has all the rest, and you better believe she guards her turf. Suzie is a Gordon Setter and is supposed to be a bird dog. But somewhere…
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