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want to help Houston? 6 things to know
However, I’ve noticed that not all types of “helping” are encouraging or even useful—I’ll list a few actions later that are extremely needed, but first, here are three things that we could use your help in stopping: Outside armchair quarterbacking and social media “outrage” over whether things are being done the way you would’ve done…
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waiting on a storm and preaching to myself
Between Monday’s eclipse and getting kids back to school, it’s already been a strange week. Now, with Hurricane Harvey bearing down on us here in Texas, we’re all throwing our schedules out the window and getting prepared. Storm prep is a bit sobering—last year’s devastating floods are still fresh on people’s minds. However, one good…
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what house are you building?
This week I posted on Facebook with regards to events in Charlottesville, VA, “I pledge not to look away, not to offer the cop-out of “It’s complicated” as an excuse for doing nothing. This white supremacist garbage is straight out of hell, and we’ve got our work cut out for us as the body of…
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Keep Waiting and Be Brave
On Saturday I waited in a crowd at the airport International Arrivals gate. Our numbers grew, as did our wait time, but we weren’t unhappy. True, we were all a bit anxious—various members of our group kept popping up onto our toes and craning our necks to see down the corridor—but it was the good…
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when the battle for “likes” wrecks your child
We are creatures made for community. We have a longing to belong and experiences with rejection that shape decisions, relationships, and our willingness to take risks. This week, I’ve asked a friend to share her life-in-the-trenches parenting story of just how subtly the feelings of rejection and unworthiness can creep in. She and her husband have…
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longing to belong
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to belong. About how the feeling of not belonging wounds deeply. About how fear of rejection drives our decisions, relationships, and willingness to take risks. Just ask someone about a time they felt rejected. Heck, just ask them about middle school. People’s faces still get a…
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