Part 3 of a Three-Part series on Chronic Illness My autoimmune disease is stripping me of airs, graces, and hubris. I used to feel professional, strong, and efficient. But now, no matter my outer appearance, I feel flattened by unrelenting …
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Part 2 of a Three-Part series on Chronic Illness A couple of years ago I was an overcommitted workaholic, and I was destroying myself emotionally with constant, condemnatory self-talk. Then I got really sick. Since contracting Epstein Barr two years …
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Part 1 of a Three-Part series on Chronic Illness Hello, my name is Melinda, and I’m a recovering workaholic. We workaholics are broken people. We feel our worth is determined by how much we can produce, how quickly, and how …
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What happened to the New Testament followers of Jesus who used their gifts to serve him? What occurred when they followed Jesus’ instructions to tell the gospel to their friends, neighbors, and society? They were persecuted; they lost their homes; …
Continue Reading →I still remember the first time I saw you, sixteen and mowing that enormous lawn. Love at first sight! We synced so fast! You were my first love, and my only love still. Any other boys were pawns in the match …
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I expected to be able to rest up in one week. I apologize for taking off two whole weeks. My recovery is taking longer than I expected. That’s how these chronic illnesses often work. Please pray for me as I …
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Taking this time off was SO needful! Detaching from everything was essential to prepare to edit Fallen one last time. I’ve been resting, soaking in Epsom salts, visiting my massage therapist, my doctor, and my chiropractor, adjusting to a new …
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Recovery takes time. My next task is the final edit of the Fallen manuscript before I pass it to Koehler Books. My mind must be sharp and my body strong – it’s a 300-page edit. So I’m taking some additional …
Continue Reading →At the top of this blogpost is a picture of the statue Eve by French sculptor Auguste Rodin. With great emotion, he depicts the mother of us all after she ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. The …
Continue Reading →The book of Genesis records foundational truths that help us understand God’s working in the world and his purpose of redemption from before he even began to speak our universe into existence. God had these narratives recorded, so we could …
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