The Glorious Table is happy to welcome Melanie Dale to the table, with an excerpt from her new book It’s Not Fair: Learning to Love the Life You Didn’t Choose (Zondervan, 2016) “about us sitting down together in our shared mess, taking a deep breath, gripping hands, looking the hard stuff in its beady little…
I recently caught a few minutes of an episode of the old Golden Girls sitcom. Educator Dorothy was telling her fellow fifty-something roommates, Blanche and Rose, about having such a great time talking and laughing with younger teachers that day that she forgot about their age difference. Then she was shocked to find an “old woman”…
“Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame.” ~Mike Rusch, Sobriety by the Grace of God When the music begins at the Winter Olympics, skaters glide onto the smooth surface effortlessly. They gain speed and seem to float effortlessly into double axels and triple lutzes. For a…
The beach is a favorite vacation destination for many people, and beachgoers all seem to have their favorite time to enjoy the sun, sand, and surf. Some love the action of midday, surrounded by people and peak UV exposure. Others prefer the cold sand and mysterious swish of the waves after dark. I fall into…
I’m not exactly sure when my husband started contemplating getting me a dog. I believe the final straw came when life took us to Eglin Air Force Base in the panhandle of Florida, where my husband served as a physician. We chose to live on base, completely unaware that what we were actually choosing was…
Time used to look like a line that started on the left and moved straight to the right. That’s what all the history wall charts and foldout timelines taught me. When I was growing up, I bought into the idea that you could identify a point in the distance and get there from here. I…