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Learning How to Age from Visits to an Old Lady

May 27, 2018

Learning How to Age Faith Matters Post: image of elderly woman's hands with Bible.

Mrs. Burdette, the lady who had been old since I was a little girl, was a bit like a grandmother. We met her at our church where she “adopted” us. She had no grandchildren and only two grown children—a son who visited infrequently and a daughter with Downs Syndrome who lived in a group home. […]

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Filed Under: Faith, Friendships Tagged: aging, faith, kindness, visitng the elderly

Praying for Pets (aka The Time I Said a Sassy Prayer)

May 20, 2018

Praying for pets: Image of Trinity, the Peruvian puppy.

Our middle child has had a busy year. Last May she graduated college. In the fall, she backpacked through Europe—sightseeing by day, couch-surfing by night. At the beginning of this year, she and a college friend flew to Peru to teach English for a few months at a small school in the mountain town of Huyancao. […]

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Filed Under: Faith Tagged: answered prayers, prayer, praying for pets

Stepping Out of the Shadows–A Mother’s Day Gift for Everyone

May 13, 2018

Stepping Out of the Shadows: Photo of backlit roses taken by Katie Long.

“Hi, my name is Katie, and I am a crier.  I’ve been a crier for a long time.” I cry about everything. Hallmark commercials (most commercials). Children’s books. While at the grocery store and on the sidelines of a parade. And while the majority of the world somehow has their act together enough to keep […]

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Filed Under: Faith, Family, Relationships Tagged: Listen to Your Mother, Mother's Day, Mother's Day stories, when your mother doesn't seem to like you

A Heart, a Cross, and a Key (The First Ever “Faith Matters” Post)

May 6, 2018

A heart, a cross, and a key: Image of a purity ring with a heart, cross, and key.

When I gassed up in Summersville, West Virginia the cashier let me mix bold roast coffee with flavored cappuccino for no extra charge, but he wouldn’t look me in the eye. I squinted at him. Look at me. Nothing.  I dropped my dollar five on the counter. “Can I ask you a weird question?” He winced. “Weird?” “Have […]

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Filed Under: Faith, Raising Children Tagged: faith-based blog posts, faith-based essays, purity

An Easter Meditation on Mary’s Behalf: The Mourning After

March 30, 2018

The Mourning After: Image of Chestnut Ridge Church's Passion play. Mary at the foot of the cross.

I will be naked soon for the rending of my garments. Hairless too. The women assure me grief softens with time. Not mine. The pain in my mother’s heart is like Job’s pottery shards. Never will the knife-edged fragments cease to cut me from the inside out. The women grip my wrists to keep my nails […]

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Filed Under: Faith Tagged: crucifixion, Easter, Mary and the crucifixion, Mary Mother of Jesus, Mary's mourning after the crucifixion, what was life like for Mary after Jesus was crucified

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