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February 16, 2012

“Welcome to your Chisel Day… Little One, Welcome…”

Yesterday was a Chisel Day. Absolutely a Chisel Day. You’ve had them too. I am so sure of it. You just may not have known to call it that. A Chisel Day? Oh, you’ll know it by the kind of … Continue reading →

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January 16, 2012

Tales of a God Who Knit Her So That She’d Never Need to Knit a Cape.

“You aren’t a superhero,” he said, and lingered in the doorframe for a moment just to see what she would do. To see if she might find the courage, within a chest pumped full with pride, to admit she knew … Continue reading →

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September 29, 2011

I guess I wouldn’t need a God if I knew how to be strong when the radio comes on.

She let me go. Turned up the volume of the stereo when she saw the first traces of salt begin scraping down my cheeks. She asked no questions. She already knew: Some Wednesdays are made for bowing down to the … Continue reading →

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February 10, 2011

Sewing… Stitching… Lacing… Weaving… Hours upon Hours, God worked and cried for Jenny.

He had expected to spend the rest of his day rummaging through the cries of Cairo, tuning into the regularly scheduled afternoon prayer services, and finally clearing out his inbox that had filled itself that Sunday before. He breathed a … Continue reading →

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February 10, 2010

We leave trails of bread crumbs as a way to say, “Please find me.”

“You are so selfish,” said the woman sitting beside me. She was verbally punching me in the stomach, stinging me with her syllables. I prayed she might look into my eyes and see what I felt every morning. Emptiness. “Hannah, … Continue reading →

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