My dermatologist last Thursday asked me what we had planned for the weekend. I enthusiastically told her we were going to Chicago to see John Williams conduct the Chicago Symphony at Orchestra Hall. Her response was polite but not affirming for a person who I have usually found to be very warm. So I followed…
Author: Gretchen Lord Anderson
Billy Graham, Faith, Open mindedness, Service, Uncategorized
Billy Graham
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I once met Billy Graham. That’s probably not a unique statement. With all of the crusades or revivals he held in his lifetime and the millions of people who attended them, there must be thousands of people who can say, “I once met Billy Graham.” With his death announced yesterday, however, I played through that…
Faith, Fear, Healing
And then there’s that
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Open mindedness
Tumbleweed
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My ass in that bed
by Gretchen Lord Anderson • • 7 Comments
Terry’s dad had been in declining health for some time. The docs didn’t really know what was ailing him. He was 85 years old and perhaps they decided that that, along with a lifetime of smoking, was enough explanation. But it would have been nice to know. He had been a sharecropper his entire life.…
Healing, Uncategorized
Wide load
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How does that feel?
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The preacher must have felt as though she had drawn the short straw. Among the seven evangelists gathered in the sanctuary this afternoon, she had been given a passage of scripture that, summed up, was called Condemnation. “I didn’t want to preach on condemnation. I wasn’t sure what condemnation meant,” she said, “so I looked…
Fear
The best of….
by Gretchen Lord Anderson • • 1 Comment
Readers, I hope you will forgive me. I had planned to just continue posting to my blog as usual after my rotator cuff surgery on March 13. Instead, I’m finding typing to be almost impossible. So I’ve missed last week and because I don’t want to leave you without anything this week, I’m offering you…
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The lactation lounge
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It always takes me a bit to fully understand people who speak with an accent as a result of their birth in another country. It’s usually those for whom English is a second language but those from another country whose first language is English can pose a challenge for me too. I love British accents,…
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Vacation!
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