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Paper in Hand

by Katherine Carberry

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We are hurrying, busy people.It can feel impossible to find the time and space for careful study and deep contemplation. Even in our spare moments, we've trained ourselves to reach for the quick online scroll for our daily information fix. I don't know about you, but I find myself longing instead to fill the edges of my days with the warm fires of truth, the sustenance and bread of Scripture, and then letting it change me and put me back together. Time and again this has been what I needed, but tended to push away.How about we take a step back together, and take paper in hand?I would be honored for you to come along and read as I share my own stories of meeting the truth I was starving for and passing over. I'll discuss topics common to us all, as well as others that might surprise you. Whatever we work through each month, I trust you'll be refreshed along with me. We'll slow our pace, savor every word, and search out our common, glowing hope in all of life's corners.

Katherine Carberry is a homeschooling mother of two, church musician, and avid reader. She lives in Williamsport, PA with her family.

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Grief is Unscripted

by Nick Freiling

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I think a lot about grief.In some ways, grief is one of the defining experiences of my life.I lost my mother when I was eight years old. My brother died when he was in college. And one of my best-ever friends was killed as we both were just beginning our journeys into fatherhood.But while that list is heavy, I know that when it comes to grief, I'm far from alone. Quantity hardly matters. Grief visits everyone. And losing someone you love is the hardest thing you’ll ever go through. And it's uniquely hard to do by yourself.I can remember, as a college student, meeting-by-chance a group of friends who had all, like me, lost a parent. We got together every Wednesday afternoon, and those hours changed my entire life. I grieved alongside others, and I found the words to help me better understand my grief and how it shapes me.I wish everyone could have that experience. And I wish I could go back in time and share more with my friends – and with my younger self – what I've learned about grief over the past 10 years. It’s a lot!And you know what? There's always some light there. I'm even more convinced of that now. But to find it, you have to be willing to dive into the darkness. No map, no script.In this way, grief is a journey of faith. Not the sentimental kind of faith. Not the everything-will-work-out kind of faith.The kind of faith that accompanies us in grief is the kind described by Richard Rohr when he said: "Faith is not for overcoming obstacles; it is for experiencing them—all the way through!"The fact is, you can't know when grief will end or where it will take you. And you can’t “overcome it” or see ahead to where it ends. But you can get “all the way through.” It's a long journey with winding roads that might take you in circles. It’s completely unscripted. But with faith, you can make progress.

Subscribe to Grief is Unscripted to follow along my journey through grief. I’ll share thoughts and reflection on my own experiences, and share my own interviews with some pretty special people. Letters delivered approximately once per month.

Nick is a writer, entrepreneur, and founder of StampFans. He lives in Jacksonville, FL with his wife and four kids.

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Memories of Mandarin

by Emily

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There’s a piece of Spanish moss that hangs high on a telephone wire, crossing Mandarin Road, about halfway around the peninsula.Or, at least, it was there for years. In the winter, the yellowed light would delicately lift its shadowed edge, bringing in view a bluebird sky. In spring, the newly-greened leaves would give it a startlingly vibrant backdrop, dappled with the golden evening sunlight of April, until those same leaves deepened into a mossy-color themselves, and the moss would sway with the three o’clock thunderstorm in the summer. And in autumn, when the states above and to the east and to the west of it were being painted ruddy golds and flashing reds, this piece of Spanish moss presided over the subtle turning of southern seasons, beholding the browning sycamores and growing beauty berries.

One gets to know the moss quite well when you drive down the same road upwards of twenty years.My family moved to Mandarin when I was one year old, the daughter of a misplaced Chicagoan and Miami native settling halfway—or close to halfway?—between the two cities. My father loved the River, ripe for kayaking and boating. And my mother, missing the changing seasons of the midwest, loved the cooler winters and bigger trees than other Florida cities boast.And I? It is all I know. The flaming sunsets along the River, the curves of Mandarin Road, the increasing traffic of San Jose, the azaleas in Walter Jones Park—it is these sights and dozens more which root me to this place, along with many others. It is not as flashy or entertaining or promising as other cities in Florida or even other areas in Jacksonville, yet to those who know it—really know it well—it all signals something which we’d rather not give up.This monthly newsletter will be a reminiscence of Mandarin—as it was and as it is. It will be delivered each month on real paper with real ink to your real mailbox—as it should be.
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Emily teaches children, plays instruments, and grows flowers in Mandarin along with her husband—and all her other family members, who also happen to live in Mandarin.

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Never the Twain Shall Meet

by Mark Twain*

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Well, sir or madam, let me tell you, my work is something to behold.It's got humor, it's got heart, it's got more twists than a sack of eels. I've spun yarns about Mississippi riverboats, wild adventures out west, and even a jumping frog or two.My writing can make you laugh until your belly aches, and then turn around and hit you right in the feels. I've been praised by presidents and adored by fans all across the land. So if you're in the market for some top-notch entertainment, look no further than the works of yours truly, Mark Twain.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, is an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

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