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Showing posts with label Death. Show all posts

Advent Waiting

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Many of my people have been facing hard things this week. We witness death. We experience tragedy. We witness evil. We suffer. We hurt . We ...
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A Year Ago Today

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A year ago today, my grandpa died.  Just look at his smile of gold at my high school graduation As I've looked at the calendar...
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My Hope Plant

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I've never really been a plant person. I don't have a green thumb. (Strange side note: once in my youth, I reached into the pickle ...
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What do I do with this?

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What do I do with this? This heartache? This dam of tears just waiting to be released? This desire to be past grief? This desire to avoi...
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Clinging to Hope in the Face of Death

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Death is hard. Always hard. Last night, my grandpa died. My dad's dad.  He had been sick for a short while. But I always thought...
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