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Mom Friends
Mom Friends By Elisa Morgan When I became a mom, I had no idea who I was. Oh, I had known who I was - in the months and years before...
Sep 26, 2017


A Glossary for Grief
A Glossary for Grief By Elisa Morgan There is no specific word in the English language to describe a parent who has lost a child. A wife...
Aug 29, 2017


Who Knew?
Who Knew? By Elisa Morgan Who knew that some forty-five years ago in a high school English class, I'd pull out a spiral notebook and...
Aug 1, 2017


Friendable?
Friendable? By Elisa Morgan WANTED: Female Friend. Age: Less (as in age-less). Location: Present. Availability: When needed. Skills:...
Jun 13, 2017


When Life Falls Apart at the Seems
When Life Falls Apart at the Seems By Elisa Morgan Seems like I always pick the slowest checkout line. Seems like people I do favors for...
May 9, 2017


Eye-Openers
Eye-Openers By Elisa Morgan In this week before Easter, traditionally titled "Holy Week," many of us will journey through Jesus' final...
Apr 11, 2017


Shame-Less
Shame-Less By Elisa Morgan Many of us - most of us? - are well-acquainted with shame. We wear shame as our second skin. It's the...
Mar 28, 2017


A Tuesday Morning Lament
"Lament is a cry of belief in a good God, a God who has His ear to our hearts, a God who transfigures the ugly into beauty." Ann Voskamp,...
Feb 7, 2017


Friendship Soup
Friendship Soup By Elisa Morgan It was a Monday I think. An appointment made on the calendar one month prior. A monthly meeting. Because...
Jan 24, 2017


Christmas Isn't Over
Christmas Isn't Over By Elisa Morgan Is your tree still up? Your lights still a twinkling? The carols still a playing? This is the week...
Dec 27, 2016


Christmas Changes Everything
Christmas Changes Everything By Elisa Morgan When did Christmas become Christmas to you? When did it become more than Santa and stockings...
Dec 20, 2016


Bridle Bouquet
Bridle Bouquet By Elisa Morgan My dogs whined and paced at the back deck door, alerting me that someone - or something - was approaching...
Nov 21, 2016


The Bridge
The Bridge By Elisa Morgan Distant. Remote. Far away. Abandoned. Alone. There are times when I feel far away from God. A chasm of...
Oct 25, 2016


Surround Sound
Surround Sound By Elisa Morgan It was a normal Saturday evening at church. We stood and sang and sat and listened and stood to sing...
Sep 27, 2016


Long Live the Book Readers!
Long Live the Book Readers! By Elisa Morgan People who read books live longer than people who don't. It's true! A recent study by Yale...
Aug 30, 2016


A Door Ajar
A Door Ajar By Elisa Morgan There it stands: a door ajar. It's open, but not. It's closed, but not. I push to open it, testing the...
Jul 19, 2016


Shame-Less
Shame-Less By Elisa Morgan Many of us - most of us? - are well-acquainted with shame. We wear shame as our second skin. It's the...
May 24, 2016


For This Child I Prayed
Twenty years ago, in 1996, I wrote an essay in a little book entitled Mom to Mom: Confessions of a Mother Inferior. Today it is as true...
May 8, 2016


Bear Hug
Bear originally arrived at our house as a gift for my first grandson. A heaping helping of pure love and joy. First, he perched on the...
Apr 12, 2016


One Me and One You Equals More Than One
One of my life messages is SDWSC (She Did What She Could) from Mark 14:8 where Jesus said of Mary of Bethany's anointing of him, "She has...
Mar 22, 2016

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