Tag: human connection
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Elijah is Fourteen
A donor letter, a boy in an oversized hoodie, and the moment a nonprofit director learns the difference between describing someone and letting readers meet them.
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Borrowed Certainity
A chance encounter with an old neighbor forces me to reconsider a story I’d believed for years and how easily secondhand assumptions can become certainty.
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Different Lenses
Show up. It costs less than five minutes. Or maybe you get a cold shoulder, or a fabulous meal. Whatever you get, it’s always worth it to show up.
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Deserving of Walkout Music
Does anyone throw a party for staying? For quietly inconveniencing yourself when leaving made more sense? Nobody cues the walkout music for that. But they should.
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Right In Front of You
Before the day starts, before my eyes are barely open, I open scripture. Some mornings it’s easy. This morning I opened Leviticus and almost started a fight with God. What I found instead changed how I see every person I’ll meet today.