Category Archives: Thoughts and Observations

Prayer: Asking the wrong question

I retreat to the only room in the house where a mother of three can find solitude.  The exhaust fan rattles and the water flows into the cold ceramic basin creating a temporary oasis.  Here, I can read words and pray prayers and think.  After some wisdom from Elisabeth Elliot my thoughts turn to people [...]
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Week in Review: Things that Make Me Think

This week’s favorites are wonderfully varied.  I hope you enjoy and have a great weekend! From Seth Godin, Getting smart about the hierarchy of smart.  This is my favorite post of the week.  I’ve been trying to explain this idea to colleagues and couldn’t do it succinctly.  Oh that everyone in leadership would understand this [...]
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Why do old people sing about heaven?

As a child, I never understood why old people wanted to sing about heaven. I remember the sturdy resonance of my grandfather’s bass voice as we sang in unison in the one-room country church. His voice was so strong that my baby sister would cry when he tried to sing to her; but I loved [...]
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Week in Review: Things that Make Me Think 10-9-2010

This week, the following posts moved me and made me think. Ann Voskamp wrote Why It’s Really Worth it to Tell Your Secrets at (in)Courage.  I’m moved every time she puts pen to page. This post answers the question “Why Can’t I See God?” in language a toddler can understand that boggles the mind of [...]
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A Would-Be Truth-Teller

I am a truth-teller; at least I want to be. What is the truth? How do I know it when I see it? More importantly, how do I live it?
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