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May 24, 20132 min read

I Ran into Myself at the Psych Center Today

It was at the patients’ art show, where I saw myself, represented by one long, blue strand of yarn. “It’s called ‘Support Net,’” the art...

Apr 25, 20131 min read

Why God Bottles Our Tears

At times I’ve wondered why the Psalmist wrote that Got puts all our tears in a bottle (Psalm 56:8). I thought about it again recently, as...

Apr 15, 20132 min read

So You Don’t Have it All Together

Are you one of us who doesn’t have it all together? And do you have people in your life who seem to accentuate the fact when they come...

Feb 19, 20132 min read

The Homeless Man in My House

Last summer I took a homeless man into my home for an overnight stay. His stench followed him up the stairs where he steamed up my...

Jan 4, 20133 min read

How an Eggnog Disaster Saved My Relationship with My Daughter

Recently a friend was describing to me one of her saddest childhood memories. Every day she’d come home from school to an empty house and...

Oct 31, 20122 min read

He Said I'd Have a New Teenager in Five Minutes

Thanks, Dr. Leman, but sometimes I don’t feel I can wait until Friday to put an end to the cold distance and eye-rolling of a...