Loneliness: Not God’s Design
- October 02, 2016
- by
- Ashlee Johnson
It’s never good news when our neighbor, Bill, texts late at night. A couple of weeks ago we received a 10:00 pm text explaining the ambulance and police car outside. Bill and Deirdre live in-between us and a mentally ill man who had become a hermit. They’ve lived in their home for eleven years and have only seen this man a handful of times.
Bill explained that for several days he smelled death. He scoured their beautiful yard and landscaping for a dead animal, to no avail. Finally, Bill ventured near the mentally ill man’s...
On Seatbacks and Sin
- September 19, 2016
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
Last Sunday, I flew from Philadelphia to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, with a layover in Detroit. It was the fifteenth anniversary of that horrible...
I Should Have Been Stoned
- September 15, 2016
- by
- Lori Travers
We’ve come a long way, baby, haven’t we?
I shudder to think what it was like to be a woman of ill repute...
The Church is Central to Jesus’ Story
- September 14, 2016
- by
- Chris Lawson
What I learned from watching the Olympics in person
- September 06, 2016
- by
- Pete Hardesty
“The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.”
– Dawn Fraser (Australian swimmer, 4-time...
What you have has you.
- August 31, 2016
- by
- Ned Erickson
What you have has you. My friend Paul Barclay used to say that to us all the time. What you have has you. He...
Oops, I Did It Again
- August 11, 2016
- by
- Ashlee Johnson
I’ve made an inordinate amount of costly blunders this summer. It’s embarrassing, actually. For starters, one afternoon I turned the sprinkler on in our...
Who Tells Your Story?
- June 30, 2016
- by
- Brandy Campbell
I have a confession. I am a HUGE fan of the Broadway show Hamilton. Which is odd, since I haven’t actually seen the Broadway...
It’s Been A Tough Year. And I’m Okay With That!
- June 20, 2016
- by
- Wells Thompson
Do I keep saying that? Well, it has. I’ve felt lost. Confused. Even found myself on the side of the...
What are you hiding?
- June 19, 2016
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
I’m pretty much an open book. It’s easy for me to open up to people—to share the good and the bad in my life,...