by Deb | loving others, Sean McCabe |
Last Sunday afternoon, our community gathered to pay tribute and say good-bye to our friend, Sean McCabe. The gray, drizzly weather matched my feelings as we waited quietly to enter Liberty Bell High School’s gymnasium, packed with family and friends. His wife,...
by Deb | homeless, mental illness, Steve Lopez, The Soloist |
I recently watched the movie The Soloist, a moving true story of Steve Lopez, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and his friendship with Nathaniel Ayers, an enormously talented musician who is mentally ill and lives on one of L.A.’s most dangerous...
by Deb | God's faithfulness, grief, loss, suffering |
It’s Saturday morning and I’m still wrapped in my bathrobe. Really, my favorite time of the week because I can sit quietly, no place to rush off to. Oh, there’s plenty to do…get ready for winter projects, housework, all those chores that...
by Deb | encouragement, writers |
The call came on an October afternoon about three years ago, an unfamiliar voice on my voice mail.”Hi, my name is Julie and I’m from Missouri. I read your book, Because I Said Forever, and I wanted to say thank you. You’ve really helped me in my...