Last Friday Ivan and Annalise and I took a train trip. We traveled to Boston to attend the Sattler Class of 2022 commencement. This was Sattler College’s very first commencement, a Grand Historic moment. I also was a part of Sattler’s inaugural class. This past Saturday, I would have been standing on the stage of […]
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Mountain View Mennonite, with 300 people in regular attendance, is over seven times bigger than the church where I grew up, which used to average around 40. Although I love many things about Mountain View, it’s been hard for me to adjust to its bigness. I entered with the spirit of a small church girl,
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A while ago, a blog reader wrote me this letter: I have been a (mostly) silent follower of your blog for years. When Ivan came along, I loved hearing your love story and enjoyed the unique parts that made it beautifully yours. I especially like hearing stories of couples who have grown into love in
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Ivan didn’t have a list of requirements when he went looking for a wife, but he did hope for a person who could speak Pennsylvania Dutch, since that is really his first language, the language batted back and forth with brothers and passed with laughter across the table at Kinsinger family birthday parties. In my
There’s been a death in the family, sir. Between the time it took To read a news article and fry the sweet potatoes A child slipped out And was lost. Did we put a notice in the local news, you ask? Call the police? Spread the word around Facebook? No…how could we? We didn’t
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