I’m a fan of rereading books, re-watching movies. The first time is for the shape of the story, the scale of the world, the direction of the plot. The second time — and third time, and fourth, if it’s good enough — is for the details. The way the story is t...
Read MoreI don’t just like bread; bread and I are involved. It stems back to my childhood. I have already confessed to being a picky eater. That applied to everything except bread. If it was in bread form, I would eat it, even if it was a vegetable in disguise like the pumpkin...
Read MoreIf only I were 6’3”! “Put a rock on that boy’s head! He’s growing too fast!” I always thought that turn of phrase was a little insane until my youngest, Will, grew eight (yes, EIGHT) inches in one year. Seemingly overnight he went from being my little boy to becomin...
Read MoreWhen I was in college, a friend of mine once told me never to pray, “God, increase my faith” unless I really meant it. Maybe two years before she and I had met, she had been desperately seeking God and desiring to increase her faith in him. During this time, she was in...
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