Falling Far From The Tree
“The apple never falls far from the tree.” So the saying goes as a way of explaining why children most often resemble their parents. It is usually people’s response when they learn I am a historian...
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The Burden of Love
https://katebowler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/A-Grief-Observed.m4a Do you sometimes find yourself looking at something made of letters and thinking, Hey! I’m not illiterate. I love using my eyes!...
View ArticleWhen You’re Not Feeling Very #Blessed
https://katebowler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/The-cure-for-sorrow.m4a We don’t live in a culture of blessing. We live in a culture of #blessed. #Blessed is attached to anything from a birth...
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God is on the Losing Team
https://katebowler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/God-is-on-the-losing-team.m4a When I was five, I played the cello for the first time in a music festival. Music festival is a strong word for the...
View ArticleGondola Prayers
https://katebowler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Gondola-Prayers-1.m4a When I was 5-years-old our family went on one of those gondolas up a mountain in British Columbia, Canada, and just as our cable...
View ArticleNo Reason Whatsoever
Fear is a terrible friend. Keeps us up at night. Seems to call at weird times. Doesn’t care if we are too busy or too sad. Prevents us from making any good decisions during the day. CONSTANTLY TALKS...
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A Rhythm for an Uncertain Week
So it’s Saturday. WHO KNEW?! And Toban is using the power washer (classic mennonite stress-cleaning) and Zach is in a tree holding a bucket that, when last I checked, had a snake and a skink in it. Who...
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The Power of Unconditional Love
Sometimes what happens to you is not fair. It’s not fair that you got that diagnosis or that your mom isn’t here to show you the ropes or the insurance company refuses to cover that particular medicine...
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New Years is wrought with great plans. Plans to eat different. Act different. Save different. Be different. We want to believe that at the precipice of a new year we can become new versions of...
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Hosanna! Save us!
When the multitude of disciples welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, they shouted, “Hosanna!” Hosanna — a word meaning “Save us.” In desperation for freedom from the oppression of their...
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New Years is wrought with great plans. Plans to eat different. Act different. Save different. Be different. We want to believe that at the precipice of a new year we can become new versions of...
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