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This One Time, I Witnessed Something Beautiful
Welcome to my sacred space, where I honor The Gifts of the past by still gleaning truth—and sometimes even joy—from the retelling of my journey. Years ago, in a position long since relegated to the...
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This One Time, I Had Cancer*
Words matter. They always have. And we get very particular, indeed, about the words that hit us at a deep, personal level. One need only observe a Facebook rant from a stay-at-home mom who has been...
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This One Time, I Interviewed Leonard Sweet
Welcome to my sacred space, where I honor The Gifts of the past by still gleaning truth—and sometimes even joy—from the retelling. Years ago, while working for a Christian magazine, I had the...
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This One Time, I Interviewed Carol Kent
My notes for the interview took up at least half the tiles of kitchen counter and the rest were littered with remains of that morning’s breakfast. No, it was not the work space of champions, but it was...
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This One Time, I Defended Angelina Jolie
Heads up: Graphic discussion of breast reconstruction I might enjoy an Angelina Jolie film now and then—in fact she was brilliant in Girl, Interrupted—and I’m glad she has given her name and face to...
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This One Time Life Changed
A huge life change—a move from California to Washington state—has kept me from the blog this summer. There was too much to say. Too many emotions, too many moments of sadness and lightening rods of...
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This One Time, I Refused to Stop Talking About Abuse
Can I be honest with you? I’m angry today. I’m sick to death of people equating exposing sin in the Church with slandering Christ’s bride. I’m sick to death of people equating exposing sin in the...
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This One Time I Was Vulnerable, Pt. 1
If I told you straight up how many different counselors I have seen in adulthood, you would probably make some assumptions about me. That’s how this works. When you confess to having issues, humble...
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This One Time I Was Vulnerable, Pt. 2
(If you missed it, you can find part one here.) It was a beautiful summer day in July of 2005, but it was not beautiful for me. It was the longest day of my life—the day when I gave in fully and...
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This One Time, We DID #TakeDownThatPost
I thought about how I'd feel if they published our abuser's grand tale of spiritual legacy and missionary work gone awry, woven with illustrations from Scripture AS IF HE NEVER LEFT THE PULPIT, and...
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