by Wendy Widder | May 4, 2014 | Babylon, Daniel 3, Daniel 6, Pain, The Book of Daniel
Over the weekend, a friend posted a video from graduation ceremonies half a continent away from the Edge of Nowhere, and I was able to hear one of my former students sing “I Am Not Ashamed (of the Gospel).” By herself, she was every bit as good as the Brooklyn...
by Wendy Widder | Apr 9, 2014 | Singleness
On a late May day fourteen years ago, my mom called the school office with an urgent message. At the time, I was finishing up my second and last year of teaching a specialty program for gifted and talented elementary students, and since my job for the year was nearly...
by Wendy Widder | Mar 10, 2014 | Aramaic, Daniel 6, The Book of Daniel
I spent the better part of December sequestered in a Seattle jury box while two feisty lawyers gave me and my fellow captives their best show. When they finally finished, we spent two more days locked in a deliberation room trying to figure out both what we had just...
by Wendy Widder | Jan 27, 2014 | Daniel 6, How to read the Bible, The Book of Daniel
Once upon a time, I was blogging through the book of Daniel… Most recently, a phrase I use very loosely, we were working through Daniel 6. Then came a couple “fly-across-the-country” trips for work; a holiday of thanks; a two-week, out-of-town stint on a jury; a...
by Wendy Widder | Jan 5, 2014 | Singleness
It wasn’t my most memorable date (that would require something worse than puking or better than a limo), but it was my most unlikely date. After three failed attempts to find company for a friend’s swing band concert, I was about to give up and just stay home. Then,...
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