Giving birth to change
…and your sister on the third one. They have all died horribly. Would it matter? In truth, in the developing world this year, 600,000 pregnant women, enough to fill three…
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…and your sister on the third one. They have all died horribly. Would it matter? In truth, in the developing world this year, 600,000 pregnant women, enough to fill three…
Giving birth to change Read More »
…a memorable and strange moment, because, sure, I’d made it to England, but the truth is that I was young and not-so-travelled. Not unless you consider the regular trips from…
Holding travel, and life, with loose hands Read More »
…of creation. Not through personal experience, of course. I was in grade school. And I was fully stunned by the remarkable truth of it, how our planet gets repopulated. You…
The wonder of the great outdoors Read More »
…Christian families. We’re to pursue good and worthwhile goals that the Big Guy Himself, if we ask, will even help us with. It sounds quite heavenly, when in truth, it’s…
God and I have some similar values Read More »
…Park, Jean, standing on a picnic table, wrapped up her comments to fundraisers and all participants with the simple yet profound truth “Every child should have a mother.” All involved…
A job that’s not for the faint of heart Read More »
…Canadian cities, participants walk in this annual Save the Mothers fundraising tradition. It always unfolds in a somewhat ordinary way. But isn’t this the truth about holy ground? You don’t…
The holiness of motherhood Read More »
…that I could die from. “You might get hit by a bus before then,” is how she put it. And I wasn’t so surprised by this truth because it’s one…
The joke’s on us. We’re all living to die. In the meantime … the miracles Read More »
…treasures in jars of clay, shaped and beautiful, uniquely ourselves with all our colourful idiosyncrasies. We’re also fragile. And easy to crack. This is the unfortunate truth of the human…
Even the Son of God had family complications Read More »
…cow could have stepped on him. And choosing a common, impoverished family in ancient Israel, a nation under tyranny? The truth is that any of us are journeying as imperfect…
Some thoughts on Christmas Read More »
…to 200, then 300, and 400, and then 500 and more. And while Hannah remained with us, so did the gnawing truth that on any day the state could knock…
The long rollercoaster ride of one Ugandan adoption Read More »