five familiar phrases these days…

July 16, 2008 in grieving

I can’t quite believe I get to write sentences with the words cancer/terminal/died yet again.
On Monday afternoon my step-dad died. It was five months to the day since my mother died, and 72 days since my mother-in-law died. They all had cancer, faith and years of treatment which finally was no match for the [...]

of sunshine, cynicism and bloody sheets

July 7, 2008 in we can do better than this

Forgive the jargon here, but this one’s for the flock.
Every once in a while the word revival makes an appearance among the faithful. Like some astronomical phenomenon that slices the skies its warning signs are often quickly followed by a sparky display of light and power. Pretty soon it seems like every believer who’s in [...]