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Searching For Connection and Meaning
And falling flat on my face at every turn
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Resurrection People Don't Crave Empire
Because our God has called us to be caretakers, not kings
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I Don't Want to Give Up on Indiana
And those of us living in red states shouldn't be asked to do so
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"We the People" Need a Vision For the Future
And it's not going to come from the top
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Recent posts

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Where Is the Grief?
Reminding myself that grief is expressed in multiple ways, some more destructive than others
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We Move to Fort Wayne
And the life I thought I would have gets blown to smithereens
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How Our National Parks Show Us What's at Stake
We risk losing the best parts of our American identity
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The Wisdom of a Strong Education System
A strong liberal arts education in K-12 is about preparing for citizenship, not college
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I Don't Want to Be Collateral Damage
And I don't want you to be either
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Purity Is Not Available to Us
And seeking purity will only continue to destroy us
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Finding Space For My Grief, Clinging Onto Hope
It didn't seem like it could get any darker, but here we are. So where do I go next?
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All Creatures, Creepy and Strange
Our many encounters with the wildlife in Texas
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Random Reflections

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Build Community
A recording from Sarah Styf's live video
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My review of Becoming the Pastor's Wife
A recording from Sarah Styf's live video
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Are we in the furnace?
A recording from Sarah Styf's live video
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Help Support Your Favorite Writers By Telling People They Exist
And also some survey questions to help me figure out what project I'm doing next.
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Some changes coming to my blog
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What a week...and I didn't post it on social media
A recording from Sarah Styf's live video
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Some additional thoughts on social media
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My thoughts on Ghosted and telling our stories
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Campfire Stories

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Turkey Run State Park
Summer camping trip 2024
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Indiana Dunes
Memorial Day pictures 2024
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Beware of Venomous Snakes
A story that didn't make it into my camping memoir
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Campsgiving 2023
We give Campsgiving a try in Michigan
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Our Summer Vacation 2022
A visual summary of our travels
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Our Family Trip to Harpers Ferry National Historic Site
We took a step back into history
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A Day Trip to Valley Forge National Historic Park
What we saw when we explored the place where Washington's troops spent a cold winter
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Our Family Trip to Independence National Historic Park
What we saw in a few hours in the birthplace of the United States
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