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Posts by Julie Rhodes

  • How To Breathe
    Chatter

    How To Breathe

    “It took me 75 years to find contentment,” she said, glancing around the table. We were listening, our pens ready to write wisdom.

  • I Am Remembered
    eLetter

    I Am Remembered

    In recent weeks, I have launched a massive passive-aggressive campaign against my husband. 

  • Benny’s Band of Brothers
    Chatter

    Benny’s Band of Brothers

    When tragedy struck, a unique table of First Watch guys stepped up to stand in the gap for their friend. “We did what we could do,” they say.

  • Currency
    eLetter

    Currency

    I was talking to a friend last night. He is an actor. He is serious about his girlfriend and is thinking about marriage and kids.

  • The Only Possible Life
    Chatter

    The Only Possible Life

    The other day, my husband came home with a three-ring binder from a business coaching group to which he belongs. He plopped it down beside me on the couch: “Personal Life Planner” it said on the cover. It beckoned to me.

  • Even While They Watch
    eLetter

    Even While They Watch

    In the 23rd Psalm, the writer says to God, “You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies.” God — host-God, table-setting God, banquet-setting God — he spreads a feast for us in the presence of enemies.