• You Should’ve Been Here

    You Should’ve Been Here

    This is a poem I wrote to Jeremy over the past two weeks. I wanted to share it here, in hopes that it makes you feel:1) seen2) not…

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  • So Loved

    So Loved

    I know about love. I have loved, and been beautifully loved by, a good man. But, as much as he loved me, I’m absolutely certain Jeremy wouldn’t come…

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  • High and Holy Calling: Identifying the Lamb of God

    High and Holy Calling: Identifying the Lamb of God

    Like the rest of their people, they’d been waiting their whole lives for a deliverer to come—to rescue them from oppression, poverty and injustice. On this night, like…

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  • How Christmas Feels to the Grieving

    How Christmas Feels to the Grieving

    I suppose most would rather not think about death and loss at this time of year, but for the valley-walker, there is no escaping reality. Mistletoe mocks. Once-tinseled…

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  • Hope Has Come: Advent

    Hope Has Come: Advent

    I can think of nothing that threatens my hope more than the silence of God—endless waiting with not so much as a whisper from the One on whom…

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  • The Wonder of Angels:(for the first Sunday of Advent)

    The Wonder of Angels:(for the first Sunday of Advent)

    Before the beginning of time and space, they’d seen His ways, felt His gaze.At the dawn of creation, they sang His praise:Ancient of Days They humbly served at…

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