Category Archives: Spiritual journey

Judgment day

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

When I was in the fourth grade, my younger brother, sister, and I responded to an altar call at the Bible Baptist church in Rantoul, Illinois. Now, it wasn’t like we weren’t Christians before. Mom had been raised a Methodist … Continue reading →

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The fortress

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

The day I walked through the doors of Gifford Grade School at the beginning of third grade, I entered my sixth school. By then, my father’s career in the military had taken my family from: McChord Air Force Base in … Continue reading →

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Destiny, boys, and men

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

How I failed to meet my Destiny As I was washing dishes in my teens one day, I looked out the window and “saw” a joyful little girl on a swing, her pigtails flying behind her. Perhaps, I thought, this … Continue reading →

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Life, and how we move through it

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

As I walked through the forest on my son’s birthday yesterday, I reflected on how challenging life has been since the moment, 12 years ago, when he was born. At the same time, I’ve grown weary of thinking about how … Continue reading →

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Truth, and where to find it

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

I was raised a fundamentalist Christian, and the Bible was our sole source of truth. It was considered inerrant, which means, in essence, that God dictated every word of it, and that it was perfect in every way. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Oh, hell

Posted on December 31, 2009 by

My 80-year-old mother and I got in a big argument about hell on Sunday. She’s absolutely certain that I’m going there, and I’m just as certain that I’m not. Here’s my reasoning: One of the most important laws of physics … Continue reading →

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Can a recession teach us anything about happiness?

Posted on December 9, 2009 by

Like many of us, I’ve been affected by the economy. Sometimes, when projecting my life out into the future, I have become deer-in-the-headlights scared, which has caused me to turn to the past and berate myself for choices that got … Continue reading →

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A major spiritual shift

Posted on November 2, 2009 by

I was speaking, in passing, with a friend, when someone who overheard our conversation stopped, waited for it to end, and then mentioned something she’d just learned about that might help me. Challenging to pronounce, and even more difficult to … Continue reading →

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I’ve fallen, and it takes a village to get me up

Posted on October 5, 2009 by

While Adrian and I were at an orchard party yesterday, I missed a step and took a header onto concrete. I lay there taking inventory, trying to figure out what body part hurt worst, and people rushed to my aid. … Continue reading →

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