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Wherever I Go: An Open Letter to L’Arche
L’Arche* friends, I miss walking beside you through the world. I miss holding your hand, Cassandra**, and how your fingernails always dug into my skin. Holding on tight helped you to balance, so I’d...
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For You, If You Don’t Want to Get Out of Bed in the Morning
It’s a bright, beautiful day, but I’m not really seeing it. The world looks bleak. A bombing at the Boston Marathon, a city-wide manhunt, ongoing violence and terrorism the world over … the hate seems...
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Coming Home: The Liberation I Found at L’Arche
Happy Memorial Day, U.S. readers! This article was originally published in America, February 11, 2013, and is reprinted with the permission of America Press, Inc., americamagazine.org. I remember...
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Fill Somebody’s Cup: An Unconventional Birthday Wish
Home renovation projects: they can wear on you. Viva la tiny bathroom! You stumble over construction supplies, and everything is forever out of place. The cat dips her paws in the polyurethane your...
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Who’s Right In Front Of You?
When I first saw her, she was striding across Connecticut Avenue. Not in a crosswalk, mind you … in the middle of the road. She had bright blond hair and a dark tan, and she was walking across what DC...
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It’s Time to Tell the Truth: Guest Post at The BridgeMaker
Hello & happy Friday! First, I have a new guest post up at The BridgeMaker! The BridgeMaker connects people who are looking to find faith, share inspiration and celebrate personal change. (Sound...
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Announcing: A New Documentary (Hula Skirts Ahead)
Dear friends, It’s Tuesday afternoon, and I’m camped out in the guest room of my dear friends’ home. I’ve been traveling for two weeks, from an Alabama lake house to a Pittsburgh conference center and...
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The Work That’s Never Done
There’s one item in our house that always catches people’s eyes.The item in question? A photo collage that my husband Jonathan received when we moved away from the L’Arche community where we...
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Tempted to Throw in the Towel? Read This.
I love hearing about the times they almost gave up.Field of Dream(ers), 2013And by ‘they,’ I mean our heroes. You have your own examples: how Albert Einstein was considered a slow learner in grade...
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In My Arms: A Guest Post by Gillian Marchenko
Happy Holiday, friends! Today, we’re opening our doors to a guest.It’s my pleasure to introduce Gillian Marchenko. (Her tagline: “The world is full of people who seem to have it all together … Gillian...
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Getting to Know You (& What You Didn’t Know About Me)
Dear readers,I’d like to get to know you better. I’ve been posting here for nearly three years now (!), and I love writing to you. So I’d like to say thank you, and hear more about you. Would you leave...
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On Showing Up & Showing Love (Even if You’re ‘Too Busy’)
Last year, I accompanied my husband Jonathan to the dentist. He needed a crown on a broken tooth, and – though he wouldn’t say it in so many words – he was a tad anxious about it. I inferred anxiety...
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One Question To Ask When the Going Gets Tough
On my first day of kindergarten, my mom gave me some advice. She told me what her mother told her on the first day of school: when you walk through the doors, don’t worry about making friends. Just...
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Spend It Offering Light: Week 1
Today is the day: our new series, “Spend It Offering Light” (#OfferLight) starts NOW! This recent post inspired the idea, and the stories I’ve received have been breathtaking. “Spend It Offering Light”...
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What Would You Do With No Arms and No Limits?
Have you ever seen someone whose courage just took your breath away? Well, I have; his name is Richie Parker. At the time of this writing, Richie is in his 30s, and he works as an engineer for Hendrick...
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Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist
Have you ever had your life get flipped, turned upside down? No, really – I want to know. This isn’t just an excuse to quote the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song. I want to know if you’ve had every...
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Terror, Triumph, and Taking the Stage: Lessons from TEDxBirminghamSalon
Dear friends, A funny thing happened when I started writing about what it was like to speak at TEDxBirminghamSalon: I kept using plural pronouns. I kept writing, “We traveled, we spoke.” Don’t worry,...
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Do You Know What Keeps You From Thriving?
Have you ever had a friend make you a generous offer that you couldn’t accept … even though you wanted to? Have you secretly believed that it’s okay to extend help, but that receiving it is taboo?...
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