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When Hope Wains

When Hope Wains

“I Am.” I woke up this morning with the song we sang on Sunday running through my head. “Christ Is My Firm Foundation.”  Making coffee, I was singing when Todd walked into the kitchen. “I don’t know how people can get through these times without faith,”  I said, then...
Souls in Exile

Souls in Exile

  “You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”  The Rabbi read Psalm 16 in Hebrew then English to open the memorial service for my friend Jonathan Brostoff yesterday, November 8....
Listen Wait Putter Putz

Listen Wait Putter Putz

I open my eyes and wonder what Words await while the sound of rain on the porch roof catches me by surprise. Listen, wait, putter, putz. The open umbrella left to dry billows like a chest taking in air. I inhale, exhaling as the truck idles beside the sidewalk out...

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