Category Archives: Ebenezer and Hannah

Christmas Greetings (December 2009)

Posted on August 10, 2012 by bryoniemoon

Josh and I aren’t sending out Christmas cards this year. But I do want to say thank you to all you wonderful people who read this blog. I am grateful for you. Josh and I love your comments. Thank you … Continue reading →

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Simplicity Costs Everything (November 2009)

Posted on August 10, 2012 by bryoniemoon

This morning, over coffee, I came across this from T.S. Eliot. What does it mean to be a Christian? “A condition of complete simplicity/ (Costing not less than everything).” I was astonished at the resounding response I felt in my … Continue reading →

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The Seasons of Hillside (October 2009)

Posted on August 10, 2012 by bryoniemoon

If it were up to my hubby our babies would have been buried on our church property. I think it would be wonderful to go to worship every Lord’s Day with a poignant reminder of those who now worship perfectly … Continue reading →

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All The Time (September 2009)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by bryoniemoon

At Covenant College I learned to say, “God is good. All the time. All the time. God is good.” I’m not sure where it came from or how it started but it was part of our college liturgy so much … Continue reading →

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I lift up my eyes to the hills (August 2009)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by bryoniemoon

It’s always hard to leave a place that means everything happy and secure, and it’s increasingly difficult to leave the fellowship of my family. But, in the days since we have returned home, I have realized how much the Lord … Continue reading →

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Signing Off…for just a bit (July 2009)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by bryoniemoon

We’re headed to the Rockies, and the best vacation spot in the world for a whole lovely month. We are looking forward to long walks, much reading and most of all quiet. The kind of quiet that sinks way down … Continue reading →

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All Now Mysterious (July 2009)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by bryoniemoon

I suppose everyone who suffers wrestles with the question of, “Why?” It seems like there should be comfort in understanding the reasons for heartbreak. There is nothing worse than meaningless suffering – suffering that has no point to it, no … Continue reading →

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As the Master shall the servant be (June 2009)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by bryoniemoon

Losing our babies was the greatest shock we have ever known. I grew up in a very happy home. I have two parents that love me greatly. I have four siblings whom I love and who love me. I had … Continue reading →

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Christian Lament (June 2009)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by bryoniemoon

“I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of His wrath; He has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; surely against me He turns His hand again and again the whole day long.”    (Lamentations … Continue reading →

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Present Tense (May 2009)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by bryoniemoon

Recently I had the first of what I imagine will be many such conversations. We ran into a friend whom we had not seen since our seminary days. He was very kindly interested in all we had been up to … Continue reading →

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