Walking Beside (a Deeper Church post)
Folks….the book lands in mailboxes today. I’m almost believing this is really going to happen- almost. We are continuing to gather great writers for the blog series. Check back soon for a guest post. Until then, here is a post I wrote for Deeper Church attempting to relay the humbling reality of being loved and surrounded by others. ________________________________ Eliot would be six years old. How I wish I could replace “would” be with “is.” His heart didn’t hold that long, though it did battle plenty long enough to leave the wordly-wise quiet; quiet–just as he was. His silent life seemed…
Unfinished Stories:: Jennifer Dukes Lee
_________________________ For the upcoming release of “A Story Unfinished”, we are gathering writers, friends and good folk around two themes. Feel free to join us, spread the word or just bask in some great truths. _________________________ “Honey,” I tell my husband. “I’ve got something I want you to see.” I slide my forefinger across the screen of my iPhone. I cradle the phone in my hands, and the two of us, heads bowed low, stand with our backs against the kitchen counter on a Saturday afternoon. Our girls eat sliced apples, at the breakfast bar across the room from us….
Unfinished Stories… the couch & I
it has value still. something that was once cast aside sits at the bottom of my staircase, just under the windows. whoever owned our couch before we did… i wish they could pop into our madness and see the folds of upholstery surrounded by so much life. hazel does backbend walk-overs off the side of it. anders loves to pull the cushions from their appropriate spot because a couch is apparently more fun without cushions. the kids stand on it and look out to bunny rabbits hopping in the front yard. they smell dinner in the oven and feel it…
Well, here goes nothing. We are kicking off a couple of blog series here at the atypical life in order to gather folks around two themes that are near and dear to our hearts. We’ve timed the series to coordinate with the launch of An Unfinished Story– which should be rolling out around June 1st. The folks that have jumped in to write on these topics are my kind of people and I am excited to share their words with you in days to come. I don’t know how to sell a book. And honestly, I don’t care. But I…
Folks….the book lands in mailboxes today. I’m almost believing this is really going to happen- almost. We are continuing to gather great writers for the blog series. Check back soon for a guest post. Until then, here is a post I wrote for Deeper Church attempting to relay the humbling reality of being loved…
_________________________ For the upcoming release of “A Story Unfinished”, we are gathering writers, friends and good folk around two themes. Feel free to join us, spread the word or just bask in some great truths. _________________________ “Honey,” I tell my husband. “I’ve got something I want you to see.” I slide my forefinger across the…
it has value still. something that was once cast aside sits at the bottom of my staircase, just under the windows. whoever owned our couch before we did… i wish they could pop into our madness and see the folds of upholstery surrounded by so much life. hazel does backbend walk-overs off the side of…