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I’ve prayed a lot about forgiveness over the last two years. I’ve thought a lot about it, read a lot. Most of what’s been written on forgiveness in Christian circles assumes the goal is reconciliation in ongoing, otherwise healthy relationships. There’s not as much written and preached on forgiveness in situations of abuse and abandonment.Continue reading “The Angel of Resentment”

I took (nearly) a week off blogging because some dear friends from high school came and spent the holiday with me. I just want to say this about it: it’s such a blessing to have people in my life that I don’t have to explain, defend, or prove myself to. We chose and will neverContinue reading “Friendship”

I think I’ve mentioned I’m a bit of a clutz even though (I think) I try really hard not to be. One place this becomes really obvious is the kitchen. Though the frequency with which I burn and stab myself has definitely decreased with time, I’d say I still give myself a stitches-grade knife woundContinue reading “Pierced Hands”

I thought I’d continue the last post on daily choreography with a post on self care. It just seems like a good time to talk about it. Maybe it’s the change of seasons…. My friend Amy and I were joking that it’s been cloudy/gloomy here for the last week, and that’s apparently all it takesContinue reading “Self Care”

I’m not a routine person. I wish I were: I fully admit that routines are the secret to success in life. But something in my personality actively militates against doing the same thing over and over again, no matter how healthy it is. This has created several problems in my life: e.g., flossing (I flossContinue reading “Daily Choreography”

Maybe you don’t, but I have days where I just don’t know what I’m doing. I mean, in general–as in, I don’t know why I’m alive and on this planet. I suppose this sense of disorientation is uniquely and also probably universally human. And I suppose most folks don’t resolve it until late in life,Continue reading “Breakthrough Moments”