I made this observation to Axel today as we took our walk: When creeks sing, you know they’re going through something. For long stretches when we walk by the creek, it is silent. Seemingly still, even though there is an underlying current moving it along. But when obstacles block the customary flow — when theContinue reading “When Creeks Sing”
Category Archives: God’s Sovereignty
The Boy I Thought I Knew
Part 4 of The Boy We Loved, Once Upon a Time – posts about my nephew, Jeff, who died of cancer 25 years ago this week. My nephew Jeff liked a good roller coaster. The anticipation of the climb uphill, the dizzying heights, the breakneck speed, the swooping freefalls down. He knew what to expectContinue reading “The Boy I Thought I Knew”
Asking the Tough Questions
Part 3 of The Boy We Loved, Once Upon a Time – Posts about my nephew, Jeff, who died of cancer 25 years ago this week. During the year that Jeff had cancer, I found myself wrestling with God about His will, His silence, His purpose in allowing such hardship and suffering to strike anContinue reading “Asking the Tough Questions”
Meeting Bart Simpson on Super Bowl Sunday
Part 2 of The Boy We Loved, Once Upon a Time – posts about my nephew, Jeff, who died of cancer 25 years ago this week. In 1996, Super Bowl Sunday was on January 28. I had just flown back to Texas to spend time with Tom, Kris, Jeff and Lisa, for what would beContinue reading “Meeting Bart Simpson on Super Bowl Sunday”
The Boy We Loved, Once Upon a Time
On February 11, 2021, it will be 25 years since my only nephew, Jeff, died of cancer. He was 13 years old and had been diagnosed with a brain tumor a little more than one year before that. It’s hard to know what he would be like at 38. He was bright, clever, loving andContinue reading “The Boy We Loved, Once Upon a Time”
Karna Eastlund Haugen 