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ruthieburrell
Jul 2, 20185 min read
Satisfied: Hamilton, Ecclesiastes, and the Chase for Life’s Meaning
Can you have spoilers for a musical that’s been out for almost three years? I’m going to go with no . . . but if you’re going to see...
ruthieburrell
May 25, 20184 min read
Lost without Your Love: What Sherlock Taught Me About Jesus, Pt. 2
The following post contains spoilers for BBC’s Sherlock, Season 4, Episode 3. Haven’t watched it yet? You’ve had a year and a...
ruthieburrell
Dec 27, 20173 min read
The Week Between: Pausing to Be Still Between Christmas and New Year’s
We received our first snow of the season three days ago, just in time for Christmas Eve. After weeks of “will it,” “won’t it,” the...
ruthieburrell
Feb 10, 20174 min read
“I am doing a great work . . . ”
Happy 2017! Wow, it has been far too long since I posted anything. To those kind people who asked me from time to time if I had decided...
ruthieburrell
Aug 23, 20162 min read
Stay the Path
God’s pretty cool. I know that sounds almost irreverent and like such an understatement, but honestly, the things He does sometimes are...
ruthieburrell
Jul 1, 20164 min read
Stuck in the Desert on the Way to the Promised Land
I remember how blue the sky was in January 2010 when we climbed to the top of Herodium, a fortress built by Herod the Great in Israel,...
ruthieburrell
Mar 5, 20163 min read
Living Unmasked
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about “Questions and Answers,” cataloging my journey of the questions I asked when I was a toddler,...
ruthieburrell
Jan 15, 20162 min read
Grace in the Little Things
Sometimes I forget that Jesus cares about the little things. Throughout His earthly ministry, though His gaze was often fixed on the...
ruthieburrell
Aug 7, 20153 min read
The Road Less Traveled
Her name was Gypsy, and she was a rebel. I think the trail guide assigned her to me because I’m tall (and so was she) and I said I had...
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