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  • Dad’s Obituary (a joint effort by us kids)

    Dad’s Obituary (a joint effort by us kids)

    After a year of defiantly living, beating all odds against him, Jack Vandermay went to his eternal home with Jesus and joined the best and biggest family reunion…

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  • Jack.

    Jack.

    March 3, 2025 When I think of my Dad, I think of stories. There’s the book kind, like The Night Before Christmas he read aloud to us each…

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  • The Dark.

    The Dark.

    April 2, 2021 For Good Friday and Holy Week. The dark. I was afraid of the dark. When I was little, the dark terrified me. My Mom was…

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  • A Naked Party

    A Naked Party

    February 9, 2011 at 11:01pm A few years ago, I was in Colorado Challenge with some amazing young women from our youth group.  One night, after a particulary…

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  • Bev’s Marginalia – April 5, 2025

    Bev’s Marginalia – April 5, 2025

    Marginalia.  It’s the notes scratched into the margins of a book.  It’s scribblings in the open space that are evidence that someone is engaging with the words on the page.…

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  • For Advent – Dec. 1, 2024

    For Advent – Dec. 1, 2024

    For Advent. From Tish Harrison Warren. To practice Advent is to lean into an almost cosmic ache: our deep, wordless desire for things to be made right and…

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