Okay, I admit it. College is a whole lot harder than I thought it would be, which translates into, “I am not quite as smart as I always thought I was.” I have been giving my studies my best, and right now that feels like my everything. I worry that maybe I’ll never have time […]
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In last week’s post, I asked you a question: “What is simple faith? How does one get it and how does one teach it?” You answered me generously, and I thank all who took the time and thought to respond. Here’s what I heard from you: A simple faith is, first and foremost, the result
Dear Readers, I have arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, to attend Sattler College’s inaugural year. There are beautiful parts of this city. I am living in the heart of Boston in the historic Back Bay district. The Charles River is just a five minute walk from our dorms. Just down the street half a mile are
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This article was first published in the Mennonite World Review. *** My dad smells of hay and manure, the soil and the outdoors, spiritually speaking. His relationship with God is a sturdy thing, like coveralls that have hung always in the basement between chorings and are caked with dusty silage. He is a simple
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Snapshots from my summer, random and rich: I sit in the quiet of the nursing home at night. Small sounds are large. A fan hums. The refrigerator. The rustle of the nurse shuffling papers. An alarm sounds loud, and I leap to answer it, cocking my ears to the right and to the left as
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