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Pray, Already!

My uncle held it together while talking about the impact of his older brother’s life, showing much honor for his beloved sibling at his funeral

January 15, 2019 18 Comments

Toddler Christmas

Last year I wrote a post about our Still Christmas where we chose a quiet, still Christmas because of my dad’s death just a month before.

December 15, 2018 7 Comments

One Year

Photo by Nico Frey on Unsplash I WONDER . . . Is there a celebration in Heaven on the anniversary of the day you arrive, like we celebrate

November 6, 2018 11 Comments

This Little Light

The just-before-peak fall aspens surround us this September morning at our campsite in our Colorado mountains. A light wind makes the aspens shimmer and dance

September 24, 2018 8 Comments

Home

I just discovered the beautiful song “North” by the group Sleeping at Last. It’s the kind of song that makes me want to get away

August 14, 2018 25 Comments

Goodness and Mercy

I tried going to Psalm 23 for comfort and hope in the midst of my father’s suffering from cancer, just weeks before his death. Those

March 30, 2018 1 Comment

A Still Christmas

My dad passed away only five weeks ago. We just returned to our home in Colorado after being near him in Phoenix the last few

December 12, 2017 4 Comments

Covered in Hope

My father, Mark I. Bubeck, was “promoted to Glory”—as he liked to say—on Monday, November 6, 2017. For the weeks leading up to his death,

November 15, 2017 15 Comments

Sticks and Moves

Before his death, the old man went on a nostalgic road trip to Memphis with his thirty-something son to show him where he had grown

July 28, 2017 20 Comments

Praise Talk Movement

I’ve been to many funerals where I’ve wondered if the family spoke words of adoration over their loved one while they were still living. Sadly,

July 11, 2017 23 Comments

The Walk

This post is for the Five Minute Friday link-up where writers are given a word prompt to write about each week. We can only write for five minutes

June 2, 2017 11 Comments

Baton Drop

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses . . . let us run with perseverance

May 14, 2017 16 Comments