Where have I been? Editing, mostly. I have a new memoir coming out this spring with Elk Lake Publishing, and I am currently working on the 22nd revision–though in all honesty, I stopped counting long ago. I call my upcoming book Turtle Heart. It tells the story of a friendship that changed me. My friend […]
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Eighty-some years ago, as recorded in a history pamphlet written by my grandpa: “Four brethren of an adventurous nature decided to go west.” The four “brethren,” members of a Mennonite church in Pennsylvania, settled their families in northern Wisconsin, on land dotted with stumps, swamps, rocks, and spindly trees—but with a rich layer of topsoil
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The following guest post was written by a pastor friend, Conrad, a brave and loving man who has been open about sharing from his own heart and struggles. *** I am one of you. I didn’t know it. But I always took an interest in your story. The violence you suffered as a young boy
“Have fun writing…” he said this morning when he went out the door. “…writing something fun for once.” He knew that instead of all the school and business projects I’ve been working on recently, I would be writing this blog post. The apostle Paul said a single woman cares about the things of God and
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Missy Yoder was only a teenager when she knew she wanted to adopt. Her husband, Doug Yoder, says he “loved kids for a long time, ever since I don’t know when.” Doug and Missy met in Thailand while working under a mission organization called Global Tribes Outreach. During their dating years, both were
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