Image: the square in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. “Marisela, listen to me. I understand that you left your homework at home. I get it. But I’m required to take points off for late assignments.” I was a first-year English teacher. Marisela was a sophomore in a border town. I had been hired to replace aContinue reading “God Hears. Psalm 120:1.”
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We Need Friends and Family. Proverbs 14:4.
When you have a houseful of children it is easy to daydream of a life alone. All the rooms are clean and Mom slips into a bubble bath whispering the old slogan, “Calgon, take me away!” People are tough. In Jean Paul Sartre’s play NO EXIT, the characters, now dead and condemned to hell, realizeContinue reading “We Need Friends and Family. Proverbs 14:4.”
Solitude v. Isolation.
I’m good at solitude. I’ve never been unhappy alone. But I remember times when being alone felt unhealthy and I had to go be with people. When solitude turns into isolation, it’s time to find some fellowship. We need solitude. We need quiet and “white space” in our lives. But more as a retreat—you getContinue reading “Solitude v. Isolation.”
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