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December 2013

December 29, 2013

Beneath the Rising Jesus

Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning....

December 28, 2013

Practice the Old Art

He wore coveralls over his jeans and flannel shirt. The kind farmers wear when...

December 25, 2013

Claire’s Gift

The last thing Claire did before heading out the door that Friday morning...

December 19, 2013

A World without God

We hear it all the time. How we've moved into a post-Christian era. A time...

December 13, 2013

Lambs to Lanza’s Slaughter

“I haven’t been able to read a book aloud since.” Jackie Barden was speaking about the...

December 12, 2013

Book Giveaway: Fiction

Book Giveaway Signed Copy Tell me the name of your first love. How old were...

December 11, 2013

Why Being Vulnerable Doesn’t Frighten Me

People say it to me all the time and it is true: You are exactly...

December 11, 2013

Seduced

Speaking of addictions, consider the following from the Vancouver Sun: Kendall, the B.C....

December 07, 2013

Rent-a-parent for the Holidays

My mother loved Christmas. She made a big fuss over it every year. As daughter...

December 02, 2013

Agony of Advent

"Out of the stump of David's family will grow a shoot..." Isaiah 11: 1 Advent....

December 01, 2013

Elan Gale’s On-Flight Fake Fight

Be sweet, Lewis, be sweet. Those were the words Mama Grizzard spoke to Lewis each...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Outgrowing Gender Differences

Miz Shelby had not been home in nearly a year. Not since Christmas last, when...

November 23, 2013

I Know Who You Are – I Saw What You Did

I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say...

November 21, 2013

Book Giveaway: The Prayer Box

Speaking of coming across the prayers of the dead, have you read Lisa Wingate's latest...

November 19, 2013

God’s Downton Abbey: The Cheney Feud

It takes a lot to get me to feel anything remotely empathetic for former Vice...

November 17, 2013

Flannery’s Prayers Made Public

Somewhere in my office, or perhaps in the garage, are the journals I kept...

November 15, 2013

Radio Interview: Mother of Rain. Appearance The Dalles. Friday 5 p.m.

Gorge News Center Audio Interview with Karen Spears Zacharias, author of Mother of Rain, at Klindt’s tonight...

November 14, 2013

Obamacare’s Sticker Shock

I voted for Obama twice. After President George W. Bush foolishly led us headstrong,...

November 12, 2013

It’s My Birthday

It's my birthday. The very first in my life without the woman who birthed me....

November 11, 2013

Gone off the Farm

It’s her daddy’s fist slamming the table that Diane Carlson Evans remembers whenever she...

November 08, 2013

Un-Fan Mail: Silence of Mockingbirds

Today Inbox: Un-fan Mail for A Silence of Mockingbirds Mrs. Zacharias, First let me introduce...

November 06, 2013

Hobbling Faith

I took an ailing veteran to the VA Center in Boise, Idaho this week. He's...

November 06, 2013

Giveaway: A Confident Heart

Ever have one of those times when: We switched our sons' school, we adopted a...

November 04, 2013

Cultivating Curiosity: Bruccoli & Fitzgerald

I once held F. Scott Fitzgerald's battered leather briefcase in my trembling hands. "Most libraries...

November 03, 2013

If Oprah ever asks what one thing I know…

She stood across the table from me unable to speak. A catch in her throat,...

November 01, 2013

Drinking from toilets

So the thing is I hate November. I should probably seek therapy for hating...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Writing Workshop: Clarkston, Wa.

Developing Unforgettable Characters: A Writing Workshop Event Details Date(s) & Time(s): November 2, 2013 at...

October 30, 2013

Re-homing: Lastest fad in Child Trafficking

Re-homing. It has such a welcoming sound to it, doesn't it? Like a bird who...

October 25, 2013

Mark Driscoll: On the attack

Jesus is not a pansy or a pacifist -Mark Driscoll Pansy: a usually disparaging : a. weak...

October 23, 2013

Definitely a Big Deal

The call came the other night. A family member wanting to let me know that...

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