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Tag: serving others

  • Acappella performing on stage during a concert, with four singers visible in front of an audience.

    January 31, 2026
    Since my week in the hospital, much of my recovery has depended on other people. Friends noticed needs and stepped…
  • Ocean waves of varying sizes rolling and breaking toward the shore, illustrating the changing waves of grief.

    February 15, 2025
    In the first month of the year, I attended three funerals. One for an almost 92-year-old force-to-be-reckoned-with woman, with whom…
  • A father and young son walk together down a hill through the countryside in their German village

    April 29, 2024
    Two years ago, I took on the task of revamping the curriculum for the 3–4-year-old class at our congregation.Teaching children…
  • Young Dietrich sits in his stroller beside the Dietrich Bonhoeffer House sign in Trier, Germany.

    December 16, 2022
    For my birthday in 2012, my husband took our then family of three to Trier, Germany, for the first time.…
  • Handmade wooden cabinet and cradle built by Tom Jones, both still used by the author's family years later

    September 14, 2021