“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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This month, my travel buddy, Charlie, stayed stuffed in the car while Ivan and I wandered past a lighthouse on Lake Erie. Apparently, I’ve outgrown him–so this round of recommendations is from me, sans Charlie. Much as I like his adorable face, he no longer influences my life. This month, I recommend: These Nameless Things
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This article appeared first in Anabaptist World. *** I write this several weeks before a Presidential election that will determine the leader of a country more polarized than I have seen it in my thirty-some years of living. Many of you, like me, have watched the rhetoric of journalists, politicians, and social media users grow
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I’ll be honest. Spring in Oakland disappointed me. Or should I say it never actually happened. Mid March, we got a quasi-spring that stretched on through mid-May. Warmish weather, greenish grass, barish branches–for months. Meanwhile, my Wisconsin family, after enduring months of cold and a couple of muddy April snows, burst into spring over a
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