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Sometimes the memories that return aren’t there to shame us. Sometimes they’re quietly inviting us to become someone even better than we were before. Recently, I found myself doing something I never expected to do. I reached back more than a decade to apologize to someone. Not because I had suddenly decided I was wrong…
God meets people where they are. People often meet others where they themselves are. There is a profound difference. Perhaps nowhere is that difference more evident than in the distinction between religion and Christianity. Religion often focuses on outward conformity. Christianity begins with inward transformation. Religion often asks, “How well are you following the rules…and…
The View from the Backyard and the Glow It Carries Forward This weekend, our backyard became a campground. Tents dotted the grass. A white sheet hung against the shed became an outdoor movie theater. The pool rang with laughter from morning until evening. There was popcorn, candy, birthday cake, Father’s Day cake, presents opened with…
Last night began like any other. In fact, I had gone to bed early. That alone is unusual for me. I was exhausted and had finally decided to call it a night. The house was settling down. The day was over. Austin was in his den playing with his cat, Pearl. Alan was in our…
This morning, while sipping my coffee, I found myself staring into the future. Not in a prophetic sense. I’d say more in a chicken sense. A few months from now, the fluffy little chicks currently occupying far more of my time and attention than they seem to appreciate will be fully feathered hens living in…
Most people notice the spill. The argument.The diagnosis.The divorce.The addiction.The burnout.The grief.The moment everything seems to come undone. By the time the water has spilled over the edge of the bucket, everyone can see the mess. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone can point to the obvious. But I have always been more interested in the…
There are some truths we do not discover because something is missing. We discover them because something beautiful arrives. For more than twenty years, I have been a caregiver to my son. Even as I write those words, they do not feel entirely accurate. Because I never chose caregiving. I chose my son. More than…
Why Do We Wait? There is something life has taught me that no clock, calendar, or planner ever could. Time is not measured linearly. We count life in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years. But our hearts do not. Some moments last only seconds and remain with us forever. Some years pass and leave…
I had been sitting on my couch reading Scripture and praying for a dear friend battling illness. I was searching through the New Testament looking for healing.Restoration.Promises.Hope. You know… those verses you cling to when somebody you love is hurting and you just want something solid to stand on. My Bible was open in my…
There is something almost comical about reaching a certain age and realizing the older generation was not, in fact, trying to ruin our fun. They were trying to shorten our suffering. And yet there we were, giving them the same polite little nod every younger generation has given wisdom since the beginning of time: “Yeah,…
Tina N. Campbell
Centerville, Ohio 45459
echoesofgrace66@gmail.com
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