Christmas can be a wonderful time for many people, a time of joy, excitement, laughter, and gift giving. Christmas can also be a difficult time for many people, a time of depression, loneliness, aching hearts, tears cried in quiet places. At Christmas time, when we are supposed to be happy, sometimes we remember more strongly […]
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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Turtle Heart, the book I began in 2014 and labored long to bring to fruition, will soon be published. In it, you will read the story of a clueless, idealistic Mennonite girl and a feisty, sharp-witted old Ojibwe lady. In it you will see how my friendship with Charlene helped me grow in understanding God
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Do you think it odd to hear me say I am working through anxiety and depression now, during this beautiful and happy time of my life? But I am. I call Ivan, ask him to pray with me. “I wish I could be with you,” he says. “Wish I could hold you.” I feel better
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“I don’t want to call God an idiot or anything,” I told Ivan, “but if I had created the world, I would have done things differently.” Someone I love made a choice that hurt me, and that is why I said it. “I guess he could have made us all puppets,” Ivan said. Puppets, yes…but
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