Start to Finish Faith
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. (Gen 1:31) Look, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to repay each person according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. (Rev. 22:12-13) Today is...
Looking for Hope?
Maggie’s remission from cancer may have been one of the shortest on record. After nearly two years of surgery, chemo and radiation, chemo alone, surgery, and more chemo, she was said to have reached NED status: no evidence of disease. We rang the bell on the second...
Endings
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6, ESV) Today on the anniversary of Maggie’s death, we have had as much time to live with the reality of her death as we had the constant...
Letting Go of Spiders
I knew as I was falling it would hurt to land. Afterwards, I convinced myself the pain was due to nothing more than a bruised rib until an x-ray revealed a rib fracture with “mild dislocation.” That’s code for major dislocation of my lifestyle for a month or so. To be...
Dueling Wind Chimes
He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses. Psalm 135:7 (ESV) I find myself hoping for windy days. I have two sets of wind chimes now – memorials to Maggie and my mom. I...
Lessons from the Storm
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. (Philippians 3:8, ESV) I’m still recovering my sea legs after what felt like a slow-motion shipwreck, four years in the making, called cancer and death. And while...
While They Danced
I’m not surprised at the Super Bowl halftime show or the mixed reviews of it among my friends. The performance was predictable; we all saw or should have seen it coming. I’m no longer naïve to the complex blend of taste, attitude, and morals that we...
Key Change
“For you will not go out in haste, nor will you go as fugitives; for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.” (Isaiah 52:12, NASB) It’s a day made for music. An overnight high front arrived on gusty wings, blowing away the unwelcome...
Alzheimer’s and Falling Leaves
My mom fell last week. Julie, my sister, her caregiver, found her resting on the floor working her word searches. According to mom she took a tumble and, finding herself unable to get up, grabbed pillows and puzzles and made herself comfortable. She didn’t appear to...
Notes Made Far from Home, Part Two
And just like that, we were on a float plane traveling from Whitehorse, the largest chunk of civilization in the Canadian Yukon, starting a 175-mile flight into a wilderness adventure. Since we only hold a minute long enough to rescue it from waste, alongside my basic...
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