I think most of the intense feelings we needed to express about James have run their course now. It’s time to integrate our ongoing memories and thoughts about him into…
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Our Journey Our Journey (chronological)I think most of the intense feelings we needed to express about James have run…
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Our Journey Our Journey (chronological)This morning two years ago, I was propped up in a hospital bed trying to…
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Meditations on Scripture Our Journey Our Journey (chronological)Every three or four hours James is reborn in the digital photo frame on my…
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Our Journey Our Journey (chronological)Abby and I have been trying to make a habit each Sunday morning of reading…
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Our Journey Our Journey (chronological)Abby told me recently if we didn’t post something soon that January 2009 would be…
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Meditations on Scripture Our Journey Our Journey (chronological)“Jesus, unlike the founder of any other major faith, holds out hope for ordinary human…
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Our Journey Our Journey (chronological)Dora Jewel Gjertsen was due tomorrow, December 4. She probably would have arrived even earlier…
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Our Journey Our Journey (chronological)A week and a half ago John and I picked up the document stating that…
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Meditations on Scripture Our Journey Our Journey (chronological)There seems to be less to say these days, for the same reason our camera…
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Meditations on Scripture Our Journey Our Journey (chronological)Exactly one month after James died, John’s 33-year-old best man, Xiao Li, joined him in…
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