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10:58 p.m.

I haven’t written in awhile. I’ve been running on iced coffee and dark chocolate. (Figures.) And I should be sleeping instead of writing right now because I’m tired and I’m promising myself that I’ll...

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A good progression

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13) Do you see it? The cause and effect...

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Shoes and coats

I have a two-year-old niece who I adore. I’ve gotten to hang out with her a lot lately, and as the weather has turned nicer, all she wants is to be outside. We go for walks, she rides her trike, we …...

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Too short

I say it multiple times a week: Life’s too short to be crabby. Or rude. Or mean. I say it in response to crabby people in my cash register line. To rude people who cut in front of me in … Continue...

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Bullet holes and shining scars

In his book Abba’s Child, Brennan Manning recounts the story of a man who decided to live a life of solidarity in an old, corrugated iron tank, furnishing it only with the necessities of life and a...

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{all these precious fleeting moments}

I haven’t been writing much lately. It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s just that I can count the number of weeks I have left at home on one hand, and there are so many other things I’d rather …...

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the things that matter

“The things that matter in life are remarkably few, and they are all answered by the words – ‘Come unto Me.’” (Oswald Chambers) I’ve been thinking about this quote lately, especially as my head has...

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10:36 p.m.

I have so many unpublished blog posts I’ve written in the past couple weeks sitting in the queue that I could send into cyberspace tonight. My computer and my journal are full of words, and there’s...

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How you know you are loved…

People, I am so loved. So taken care of. So protected. I’ve been running myself ragged the past few weeks, trying to cram as much goodness as possible into my last weeks at home. I’ve visited dear...

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How did I get so lucky?

I didn’t particularly want to stay home for an extended period of time after I got back from Thailand last year. But I ended up staying for nearly a year and a half. And I’m thankful I did. I somehow …...

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#DanaGoesToDenver

Well, I’m in Denver. Said goodbye to the farmland and hello to the mountains. It was a fairly sad farewell. But I think that’s a good thing, because it means what I left was a rich and full season of …...

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Little by Little

Do you remember the timelines teachers always had you make in elementary school history class? The Egyptians took over in this year, the Roman empire fell in this year, the Byzantine empire thrived in...

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{saying yes}

Obedience to the Lord is hard. It usually involves a step toward some unknown, some uncertainty. Obedience always involves a high degree of trust and an unshakable confidence in the Lord’s goodness, in...

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the Immeasurably More

Lately I’ve had several conversations with friends about not settling for “good enough” lives. “Good” is easy. It’s comfortable, predictable, and fairly straightforward. And there’s nothing wrong with...

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{a vast expanse of a great unknown}

I moved to Denver 42 days ago. I drove out of my quaint Iowa hometown with tears streaming down my face, tears that didn’t stop for the entire first hour of the drive. I left so much goodness at home....

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1:06 a.m. {on climbing mountains}

I rarely see these wee hours of the morning. But some foolish part of me agreed to a sunrise hike today, which means I’m leaving my house at 2 a.m. to get to a trailhead by 3:30 a.m. to climb …...

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Dissonance

In my college communication classes, we called it cognitive dissonance, that feeling of friction you get when what you’re doing doesn’t necessarily line up with what you believe. That’s where I’m at....

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In case you were wondering….

{Preface: this is not a pity post. I’m writing it to humor myself. Laugh with me, please. Because laughter is better than tears.} For those of you wondering what grad school is really like: It’s the...

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Nine fingers and thousand-piece puzzles

I’m typing this with nine fingers. It’s pretty difficult. You see, I took a knife to my left index finger last week. Completely by accident, I assure you. But it resulted in a chunk of flesh missing...

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The crooked ways

When I lived in Thailand a friend and I took a “jungle trek.” The second day the guide told us that because of the rain we hiked through on the first day, the original route for day two was too …...

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