Sometimes the Middle is Long
When the middle is long, it's good to keep the end in mind.
"Let us not grow weary of doing good,
for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up" (Galatians 6:9, ESV).
I met my friend, Amy Young, at a writer's conference in Dallas. She has a website called The ...
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In the Middle, He Brings Wholeness
A Missing Peace
We were all born missing something. That missing feeling stays with us, as we grow. We might feel like we aren't smart enough. Or thin enough. Tall enough. Not whole enough.
The other day, at Bible study, too many words tumbled out of my pie-hole, and soon someone was looking at ...
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Ash Wednesday Waiting
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18, ESV
Waiting during Lent
Today is Ash Wednesday in the Christian calendar, the first day of the Lenten season. This is the day when we remember, ...
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Learning from Our Limitations
Our limitations can bring healing
Just when you thought I couldn't squeeze one more post out of my stress fracture, I'm giving you a bonus one—on what we can learn from our limitations. You're welcome!
In late 2016, I was in medical boot for about 10 weeks, recovering from a stress fracture. If ...
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Five Lovely Lessons from a Stress Fracture: Lesson 5
Getting to the Pain Point
I've joked that my stress fracture came from an overflow of stress, that I was "stressed all the way down to my bones." The fact that we've been overwhelmed by change this year makes that a little too true, but really I don't know exactly when or how I broke my fourth ...
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Five Lovely Lessons from a Stress Fracture: Lesson 4
Chasing the Pain
In March 2016, I was in an advanced yoga position, fully extended and feeling strong, when something in the bottom of my left foot suddenly tore. Often, I joke that exercise is the best way to get injured. Well, the joke was on me that time! So, one injury led to another, and the ...
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