Mark Twain once called courage the “mastery of fear.” Jeanette Hardage shared the poem below about courage with her daughters many years before she published it in Faith and Other Matters, clearly hoping to pass that quality on to her children through her words. Her …
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Having spent some time recently with an elderly relative at a memory care facility, I was newly moved by Jeanette Hardage’s description of a family member’s thoughts in this difficult situation. Her poem below, which was included in the Faith and Other Matters anthology, expresses …
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When you get past the alleluias and the glorias, songs about the birth of Christ often convey the idea that our response should be one of silent contemplation: “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,” “My Soul in Stillness Waits,” and of course, “Silent Night.” Jeanette …
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