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Friday Favorites: Cooper’s Story

A few of you have either mentioned how much Cooper’s testimony meant to you, or expressed a desire to read it. Here it is, reprinted with Cooper’s permission. His baptism, along with two others that day, happened this past Sunday, and it was…well, I’m not sure I have a word for it. Cooper’s life, well-being,… Read More Friday Favorites: Cooper’s Story

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Friday Favorites: Podcasts, Postage, and Pineapple

Do you love crossing things off of a list? I love it until it feels like crossing things off lists is all my life amounts to. I have lists everywhere – on my Post-It note pad, on spiral notebook paper I stole from Kayla, on computer paper folded in half, on my phone. I won’t… Read More Friday Favorites: Podcasts, Postage, and Pineapple

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Friday Favorites: Podcasts

Speaking of the treadmill at Planet Fitness (see last post), it actually did turn into a place of delight by listening to a few different podcasts for the 50 minutes I spend there. I’ve never been much of an earbud/headphone person. I think the constant roar of raising kids at home all these years caused… Read More Friday Favorites: Podcasts

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Friday Favorites: 5 Books, 5 Quotes

Happy Friday from the empty house of silence. All has been wonderful, except for the dead minivan battery that greeted me after my haircut and leisurely stroll through Whole Foods yesterday. Who could I call? My whole family is out of town. Our church staff and interns are out of town. Fortunately, our church elders… Read More Friday Favorites: 5 Books, 5 Quotes

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Five Favorites On Friday

My seminary lectures and readings last week were all on the book of Ecclesiastes. Kind of depressing at first. “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” (1:2) “The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear filled with hearing.” (1:8) “So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun… Read More Five Favorites On Friday