Driving, Dreaming, Building
We spent this weekend on the road – taking a quick trip to see my grandmother and then staying with some dear friends at their timber frame house in Pennsylvania. As we drove the quiet roads, we...
View ArticleWhen Life Does Not Go As Forecast
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. – Maya Angelou If you had told me 20 years ago, when I was wearing my plaid, flannel Chucks to my first days of college,...
View ArticleA Self-Sustaining Safe Haven
For a minimal expenditure and an hour or so of effort night and morning, the farm gained a steady, dependable income. All this conformed to the ideal of my grandfather’s generation of farmers, which...
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Trusting My Dream as a Guide
“See what I’ve done; I’ve personally chosen Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur of the tribe of Judah. I’ve filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him skill and know-how and expertise in every kind of...
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Couch, TV, and Dreams Gone Missing
For me, it starts with more time in front of the TV. Not time sewing or watching movies with friends. Nope time, usually lying down, with a blanket, and staring. Then, daytime TV creeps in – Ellen...
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What the Space Jump Tells Me About Dreams – 6th Most Popular Post of 2012
Originally published on October 15, 2012 Yesterday, I watched a man jump from space to earth. 24 miles, most of which in total free fall. From space to earth. And he landed on his feet. Then held a...
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Fired Up! A Guest Post from the LifeChanging Tammy Helfrich
Sometimes we meet people and find that we’ve needed them all along. Tammy Helfrich is one of those people to me. Whether it’s cards in the mail or just texts to ask how I am, she is one of the most...
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The Sanctuary of the Dinner Table
It is very important to go home if you want your work to be whole. You don’t have to move in with your parents again and collect a weekly allowance, but you must claim where you come and look deep into...
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Dreaming of Cheryl Strayed and One of the Beekman Boys
Last night, I dreamed I had coffee with Cheryl Strayed in a city that had a river walk and a great bookstore/coffee shop with lots of wrought iron and windows. I gave Cheryl – here, in this haunted...
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The Slim Edge of Hope
In college, we could go to the movies for $3 a ticket, and for Christian college kids, this was really the best entertainment option since drinking was out (for most of us most of the time) and so were...
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