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Debra Rienstra

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Threshold

When my mother was dying, I sat by her bedside one afternoon at the nursing home. The pastor from her church showed up for a

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Chaptering Our Lives

At a work meeting this week, our committee was discussing a niggling little matter that will need to be decided soon. As we talked amicably,

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Advent in the Wasteland

The whole creation groansAnd waits to hear that voiceThat shall restore her comelinessAnd make her wastes rejoice. I could observe here the traditional Christian pastime

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Lifelines

A couple weeks ago, we noticed areas of our front lawn getting oddly floody. Why? It hadn’t been raining. Could it be…? Uh oh. Sure

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