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Telling Secrets: Crossing the Country by Covered Wagon
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I have come to believe that by and large the human family has all the same secrets. - Fredrick Buechner. Monday, August 09, 2010. Crossing the Country by Covered Wagon. Wagon ruts along the Oregon Trail. Photo source here. On my own way back to Colorado last week I visited the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center. As well as several of the nearby places of significance to those who traveled these trails. Some 70,000 Latter-day Saints came, too, fleeing persecution and seeking their own promised l...
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Telling Secrets: Transitions
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I have come to believe that by and large the human family has all the same secrets. - Fredrick Buechner. Monday, May 18, 2015. It's about time for another email update, but meanwhile, here's the inside scoop on our plans! SCHOOL: School is wrapping up for the Wade family. Chris graduated with his M.Div. a week ago (and there was much rejoicing! I wrapped up my grad school semester May 15 and am off until the end of August. MOVING: Yep, this is our summer of transitions! May 23: Garage sale #1. My first p...
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Telling Secrets: Like the Sea
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I have come to believe that by and large the human family has all the same secrets. - Fredrick Buechner. Thursday, November 05, 2009. Picture: from Colorado Big Sky, a painting by Jeanine Malaney. I grew up on Vashon Island. In the Pacific Northwest. We lived about a mile from the beach. Among the enduring images of my childhood are those of the long bus ride to school, a route that snaked around the island - down to the harbor, back inland, and then out toward the water again. My favorite colors are the...
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Telling Secrets: People don't need good advice.
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I have come to believe that by and large the human family has all the same secrets. - Fredrick Buechner. Thursday, June 11, 2015. People don't need good advice. People don't need good advice, they need good news," one of my Twitter feeds tells me. "My friends appreciate my advice most if it’s brief and wrapped in encouragement. Advice is a seasoning, not a meal," says another. Maybe it's like reading your horoscope or a fortune cookie. You know you can take it or leave it. Whereas when a friend, ...See a...
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Telling Secrets: Identity Shifts
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I have come to believe that by and large the human family has all the same secrets. - Fredrick Buechner. Wednesday, June 24, 2015. My decision to get married a few years ago brought with it a whole kit and caboodle of new identities. All these new roles might have helped me make friends. Now Chris is done with seminary. Yup, just over three years into parenting, I'm an empty-nester! What will the next year or so mean for me in terms of identity? But I can have friends again, right? Or send an email.
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Telling Secrets: The Professional Patient
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I have come to believe that by and large the human family has all the same secrets. - Fredrick Buechner. Monday, April 28, 2014. A few years ago I wrote a post about Chesterton's playful book, The Club of Queer Trades. Each member of this elite society earns his position by inventing a completely new way of making a living. As I said then, this marks the book as somewhat dated. Today, new trades are being invented all the time. Would you want to work as a simulated patient. Or send an email. October 3: T...
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Telling Secrets: The Ledger Sheet
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I have come to believe that by and large the human family has all the same secrets. - Fredrick Buechner. Monday, July 20, 2015. It would be great if the language of gratitude were my native language; it isn't. I'm keenly aware that we moved out of our house five weeks ago and I still don't get to go home, not for another two weeks. The first morning we were staying in the place where we're currently laying our heads was a rough one. Then over the next few days things like that happened again. Not so dram...
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Telling Secrets: The Best Week of Your Life
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I have come to believe that by and large the human family has all the same secrets. - Fredrick Buechner. Wednesday, September 09, 2009. The Best Week of Your Life. The Gospel of Not Good Enough, Part 2). One of the most significant times I experienced the joy and freedom of surrender was when I was about 15 years old. The actual details of camp activities were a closely guarded secret. Sound cultish? Yeah, maybe, but they were aiming for more of a surprise party. Girls brought their bikinis and cute clot...
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Telling Secrets: Where Do Missionaries Go?
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I have come to believe that by and large the human family has all the same secrets. - Fredrick Buechner. Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Where Do Missionaries Go? I have a newsletter ready to send out by email. I kept it under 1000 words – a good practice. But that meant I didn't have much room to expand. So, a few more thoughts. Today: Where do we send missionaries? Tomorrow: Going without an invitation. Where Are the World’s Missionaries? South Africa: 12,000. Source: Atlas for Global Christianity. See also:...