Month: August 2006
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incomparable hope
My grandfather, a gentle Mennonite man who leaves behind six children, twenty-seven grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren, passed away unexpectedly last Thursday. I wrote this reflection after his funeral yesterday. The day before Opa died found me in Luke 9:59-60. Jesus called a young man to follow him. “But he said, Lord, suffer me first to…
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God loves emotional wrecks
I’m feeling a little emotional today. (Ok, fine, I’m perched up in the top of an emotional tree and every time I look down I lose it a little.) My best friend, who has been with me all week, took a train home this afternoon, and I really dislike goodbyes. Being on the brink of…