Archive for the Tag 'Loneliness'

WHY ME? WHY AM I STILL SINGLE? RADICALLY REDEMPTIVE RELATIONSHIPS

on 07 Apr 2016

The next videocast is about one of the most confusing, painful realities that I face and hear about from others. Singleness. It taunts you in a house full of people. It greets you at the end of a day, after you’ve done everything you’re supposed to do. It walks with you through the aisles of […]

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ALONE: CAN YOU SURVIVE IN THE WILD ALONE?

on 27 Jul 2015

  Alone.  Several weeks ago the History Channel began to chronicle the fascinating and sometimes bone-chilling stories of, “Ten men who enter the Vancouver Island wilderness carrying only what they can fit in a small backpack. They are alone in harsh, unforgiving terrain with a single mission–stay alive as long as they can. These men […]

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A CHRISTMAS WISH

on 21 Dec 2008

4:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning found me pulling the Christmas tree up from the basement.  I hung the ornaments and plugged in the lights, and by 5:00 a.m. I was putting out the nativity scene.  No, this is not some warm, family tradition.  It was a combination of time confusion from jet lag (I couldn’t […]

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THE GIFT OF WAITING

on 18 Nov 2008

My little girl is getting married!  Kristin and Matt got engaged on Saturday night.  I jumped for joy at the news and then I cried a little bit.  A hundred snapshots flashed through the picture gallery in my mind –moments in time caught by the camera of Kristin riding her bike, playing dress-up with her brother […]

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