Friday, I helped my dad with the morning milking. It had been years since I helped, but that morning his usual help was gone, and I filled in. The barn was as I remembered. The cows were the same: poopy, fat, and slobbery, their sides splattered with bits of dried manure. I wondered where the […]
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Bola Bagti Dadaab refugee camp, 2011 This poem I wrote several years during the 2011 Somalian refugee crisis. I post today in honor of the Somalian refugees and refugees everywhere. I also want to say “Thank you” to all of America’s sworn-in citizens. You add much that is good to our country. I watch as
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The new issue of Daughters of Promise is coming soon! Here is a sneak peek of the newest “Women in the Trenches” article, featuring Kathy Zimmerman and her new little one, Jaxson. You can go to the Daughters of Promise home page to view the entire magazine. The September/October issue in which Kathy is featured
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Today I offer a guest post written by a friend of mine, Luci from Canada. I taught summer Bible school in Alberta a few years ago and was lucky enough to stay with Luci and her family. Besides being name twins, she and I discovered many ways in which we are alike–from big plans to
In May, a member of my little country church brought it up. “A school? What do you think about a school?” In June, we decided to try it. In July, they asked me to be the teacher. In August, my brother-in-law, Jeff, built the classroom in a corner of our church basement. In September, we
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