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The Fourth Stone–Val (Part 1)
John Piper has said, “God is always doing ten thousand things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them.” The story of how we came to live in our farmhouse is one thing with ten thousand reasons. Why God brought us to this town when he did is another.
Previous Pieces
Feel like you’re missing parts of the story? Check out this backlog of posts.
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The Fourth Stone–Val (Part 3)
For a while, Val had not only discipled me but counseled me. I was going to professional counseling here and there, but Val was my friend and sounding board outside of that professional setting. Still, there was a deep current… Continue reading
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The Fourth Stone–Val (Part 2)
Between the move, the sharp adjustment of financial challenges we faced going from two incomes to one, welcoming a second child, accepting that child as one of the most colicky babies our friends and families had ever seen, and the… Continue reading
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The Fourth Stone–Val (Part 1)
God has been generous to me again. I traveled abroad over Valentine’s Day weekend. While flying across the Atlantic to visit my dear friend in Prague, I kept chewing on this question, Why Prague? It had been on my mind… Continue reading
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The Writer that Failed
I’ve been here before. It’s my expectations plummeting to meet reality. It’s me flailing as I fall, trying to grab onto anything to stop life from hitting so hard. If I do manage to grab something, it’s me holding on… Continue reading
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The Third Stone-Eric
The Early Years In his elementary years, Eric lived in Indiana. By God’s grace, he regularly attended an AWANA program and heard the Gospel of Jesus. Instead of fighting the Spirit, by faith, he believed. Eventually, his family moved to… Continue reading
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To Plant or Not to Plant
Should I make this life change right now? The Preacher in Ecclesiastes tells us there is a time for everything. How do we know if if now is that time? Continue reading
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The Second Stone: A Dream (part 2)
To listen to The Second Stone: A Dream, parts 1 and 2 together, click below. In the dream, I understood that I would never see my parents again. I would never have a chance at eternal life in Heaven or… Continue reading
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The Second Stone: A Dream (Part 1)
As I write the story of how we came to live in our white, two-story farmhouse, I am power washing it. Dirt, spider webs, algae and other questionable specs litter every nook and cranny, but especially the underbelly of each… Continue reading
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Millie
It was August 2012. Eric and I had just moved into our first apartment. We were college graduates and newly married, and I was one week away from starting my first big girl job teaching high school family and consumer… Continue reading
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