By a Mennonite pastor, Conrad. (A true story. Some names have been changed.) Last week, Conrad shared Life’s Hard Lessons: As Learned through my Parents’ Marriage Struggles. This week, we hear more of his story. It was a dark and cool evening outside. Inside the vehicle, a pickup truck, the air was warm with a […]
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By a Mennonite pastor, Conrad (A true story. Some names have been changed to protect privacy.) There were a dozen children in my childhood home. Life was very interesting growing up. Earl and I often played
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Because I am interested in history—and particularly the history of oppressed people groups—my ears always perk when my friend and fellow writer Shel Pais starts talking about his dad, a Holocaust survivor. “His story is part of who I am today,” Shel wrote to me once. In this post, he’s agreed to share part of
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My life has up and run away on me again. But luckily I have interesting friends, and when I can’t find the time to write a blog post, sometimes they supply them. Marlene is a friend I’ve met only through email, and I enjoy her thoughts whether random, humorous, or deep. I liked the email she
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Rosina Schmucker is one of my favorite bloggers, and I thought it would be nice to introduce her to those of you who haven’t met her yet. She kindly agreed to let me reprint, here on Properties of Light, a post that I love. *** In my last post, I talked about finding strength for
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