I believe music can stir our memories and take us back to a moment in time when we were transformed by its power. I was reminded of this when I worked on Untethered, as songs from my experience became woven into the narrative of my story. Photo: Ray Matthews Photography About a year ago, I had …
I have been a fan of Kate Bowler’s for several years. Kate is a New York Times bestselling author. Duke professor. Wife to her childhood sweetheart and mother to an adorable seven year-old. Then, at age 35, Kate was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. I read her book, Everything Happens for a Reason (And …
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I have been thinking a lot about Jesus, especially since the pandemic. And thinking is one of the things idealistic Enneagram 4s do best. I’ve been a follower of Jesus since I was fourteen.* But it was The Shiny Jesus I followed; the one I learned about in Sunday School and from church pulpits. The …
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King, Jr. We’ve all seen the Bernie memes popping up on our social media accounts. Bernie in Emily Dickinson’s bedroom in Amherst. Bernie on the set of “Schitt’s Creek.” And, my personal favorite, Bernie sitting alone in one of our …
I will never forget the summer of my 18th year when I moved to the beach to live with my brother in the sleepy little town of Manteo, North Carolina. We occupied a rambling old turn-of-the-century house with cracks and creaks and bats that got in through the woodstove. It was primitive and magical. My …
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