Journal

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Responding to Life’s Blows

Responding to Life’s Blows

Originally written circa 1988 Job 3:24-26 For my sighing comes as bread, and my groanings are poured out like water. For the thing I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me. I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but trouble comes. “The thing I fear...
SOUNDINGS – Our Work, God’s Work

SOUNDINGS – Our Work, God’s Work

Happy Labor Day weekend, friends!  Some years ago, I wrote this for the Washington Post, and I hope that in reading it for the first time or re-reading it, you’ll be reminded deeply and again that your work is one of the main ways God does his work in the world. Take...
Coracle and ARDF in Nepal – Part 2

Coracle and ARDF in Nepal – Part 2

Last we updated you on our journey, we were about to leave Kathmandu for Pokhara.  We all arrived safely in Pokhara on Monday to the view of a beautiful lake, surrounded by mountains.  The pace is less frenetic and it is much less crowded, the air is cleaner and it...
Walking with Saints and Sinners

Walking with Saints and Sinners

by Abby Deatherage https://worthsayingwell.wordpress.com/ @justabbyd At the completion of my year living in England, I spent 7 days walking from Barcelos, Portugal to Santiago de Compostele, Spain before I flew back to London and from London, home to Washington, D.C....