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Stuff is one of my favorite words. I like the round plump way it feels in my mouth. I like the way it starts with a hiss, slowly snaking it...

Today is our 42nd anniversary. When Hal and I were first engaged, we came up with this wonderfully romantic plan. Every anniversary we wou...

We arrived back in Oregon just a few days ago, and yesterday we welcomed our son David and his family, just home from Rwanda where they serv...

For the last week I have been here in San José (Saint Joseph), Costa Rica, teaching the class “Culture, Spirituality and Mission.” This is p...

July 29, 2010 I’m writing this seated in a plane, getting ready to take off from the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. We will touch down this ev...

It all started 30 years ago when we lived in Bolivia (a great place to raise kids). For Christmas one year we decided to make a dollhouse fo...

“Come near to God and God will come near to you” (James 4:8) After years of growing up in this house, after all the warnings and hand sla...