by Beth Lueders | Dec 2, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective, Waiting
Lately I’ve found myself waiting for the dawn. For you non-morning people, dawn is the time of day when the sun starts to toss and turn in bed, sending out weak sunlight on the Earth. Sunrise is when the sun yawns and stretches and its leading edge pokes above the...
by Beth Lueders | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective, Waiting
Every day is an invitation for us to practice simple patience. But is patience ever simple? In the summer of 1983, my impatience took an ugly turn in the middle of the Congo. In the middle of a missions trip showing the JESUS film in remote villages. (I know you’re...
by Beth Lueders | Sep 2, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective, Waiting
My words to you today: hold on a bit longer. Keep digging deep. Keep bending. Life will turn around . . . eventually. Lest this sound like a rah-rah pep talk while you’re wading in thick muck in the trenches, keep on reading. I would like to introduce you to a woman...
by Beth Lueders | Aug 19, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective, Waiting
Whatever happened to him? Whatever happened to her? We wonder about people we once knew or haven’t heard about in years. I sometimes wonder about the incredible people I’ve interviewed around the globe. Are they still alive? Did they find a cure for their disease? Did...
by Beth Lueders | Apr 21, 2021 | Blog Post, Resilience, Waiting
Waiting. Again and again. Ugh. Do any of us really like to wait? I mean wait an unusually long time for a something we truly need or selflessly desire? I think most of us can handle waiting a few minutes in traffic or practicing patience while on hold on a phone call...
by Beth Lueders | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective, Waiting
Many turtles hibernate in winter, underwater and burrowed in mud? I just learned that today. Get out! We had an adorable tiny turtle or two when I was about five years old. And I took a number of biology and animal sciences classes in college, but I do not recall a...
