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“Be my rock of refuge to which I can always go.”
Psalm 71:3
NIV Translation-
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Recent Posts
- The Gift of Staring at Your Shoes
- A Suggestion For Your Reading List
- The Unexpected Lesson of Irma
- The Death of Discernment
- A Different Kind of Radical
- “Are We Safe Yet?”
- The Most Important Feature in My Home
- The Story Behind “The Forgottens”
- The Perversity of Unanswered Prayer
- It’s a Boy!
- Why God Loves Dogs
- Jesus and Cereal
- Getting in God’s Face
- Judging Our “Truthiness”
- When Is It Time To Go?
- Chatting It Up with God
- The Messy Journey Between Back Then, Now, and Up Ahead
- Our Own Version of “Boston Strong”
- When Convictions Get Ugly
- Grateful for an Empty Tomb
- What God and “NCIS: Los Angeles” Share in Common
- Ballad for an Ordinary Life
- The Fast Track Back to God
- Disappearance of an Old Friend
- Postcard From Paradise
- Breaking the Rules About Christmas
- What If You’re Not Feeling Thankful?
- The Answer to All Your Questions
- Are You Poor Enough?
- What Facebook and the Bible Share in Common
- Surviving the Life You’ve Always Wanted
- What Our Stuff Says About Us
- The Problem with Angels and Politics
- The Curse of Expectations–Yours, Mine, Ours
- What If Words Were Banned?
About My Latest Book
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Join Verla Wallace for a backroads adventure with no cell phone, laptop, GPS, or itinerary. Wallace’s journey of self-discovery is filled with humor and drama, heartache and breakthrough. Meet Duck Man, a washed-up machinist with a brain tumor who found a new purpose for his life in the unlikeliest of places. Meet the mysterious hiker, fresh off walking The Appalachian Trail, who forces Wallace to acknowledge her own calling. Whether it involved getting lost at night in a mountain canyon or attending an elegant Hilton Head wedding, Wallace’s life-changing road trip delivers a wealth of wit and wisdom with an ending no one expected.
Available on Amazon.
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The Gift of Staring at Your Shoes
Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Cormac McCarthy once said that insights about life spring from the subconscious and require a lot of staring at your shoes. I don’t think he literally meant we must stare stupidly at our shoes, waiting for … Continue reading
A Suggestion For Your Reading List
Time out for a personal note: I’m excited to announce the publication of my new book, available now on Amazon. It’s the story of a 40-day unconventional road trip taken 25 years ago. Call it a mid-life re-evaluation, a mid-life … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Christian Living, Mid-life Evaluation, Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized
Tagged life lessons, memoir
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Chatting It Up with God
It’s me, Lord, back at our meet-up place here at the blog. Since you’ve promised never to leave us and since you’re everywhere anyway, I guess I never really went anywhere. I just haven’t been very good about keeping our date here to write together. … Continue reading
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Our Own Version of “Boston Strong”
In the wake of the marathon bombings, Bostonians rose up to declare to the world they would not be cowered by terrorists–homegrown or otherwise. Blue and gold t-shirts emblazoned with “Boston Strong” sold out almost immediately. Other companies leaped in … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, Life Purpose, Our speech, Uncategorized
Tagged Boston Strong, Daniel, Denim Day, McDonalds, passion for a cause, secrets, terrorism
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The Tyranny of Self-Doubt
Kevin Costner’s moving tribute to Whitney Houston at her funeral offered fresh insight into why Whitney may have initially turned to the alcohol and drugs that ultimately took her life. Costner said he and the superstar became fast friends because … Continue reading
The Sushi Chef and The Bickersons
I probably wouldn’t have noticed what was happening if I had been in my usual rush, but I wasn’t. I was killing time, waiting for a carryout order at our local sushi restaurant. It’s a quiet little place of simple … Continue reading
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Tagged arguing couples, choices, death, life focus, Phil. 4:8, Stanford University, Steve Jobs, sushi, The Bickersons
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Tell Me, What Was It Like?
Recently, while searching for a stray document on my desk, I ran across a newspaper clipping I had saved to share with a friend. (You remember newspapers, those big sheets of paper with lots of words and pictures that used … Continue reading
Pilgrim on the Loose 