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As I Wash My Hands {Pandemic Prayerbook Now Available}

by Darcy Wiley | Apr 20, 2020 | Coronavirus Crisis, Prayer, Spiritual Formation

Not too long before the concentric circles of Coronavirus found their way to our part of the world, I read an essay about how the American way of life is killing us. The author said, “In spite of a so-called thriving economy in the land of plenty, a great number...

Connoisseurs of Common Glories: How to Stir Up a Full-Bodied Gratitude

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 25, 2019 | Experiencing God, Gratitude

In the dusk after Daylight Saving Time ended, I carpooled four middle school boys to a barn party. My maps app called out step-by-step directions through the speaker and I kept my eyes focused on street signs as we wove our way into the country. As soon as we drove...

Prayer and the Fellowship of Suffering: Meeting Gracia Burnham

by Darcy Wiley | Oct 21, 2019 | Experiencing God, World Changers

In uneven jots of Sharpie, my youngest daughter wrote the letters of her name. The capital G sat like a mini spiral next to an oversized lower case r. She spoke the rest of the letters aloud as she wrote them on her name tag: a…c…i…a. I could smell...

Fruitful Work (Under Less Than Optimal Conditions)

by Darcy Wiley | Sep 15, 2019 | Self-Care

For two seasons, I work away at the keyboard, writing the simplest sounds and phrases for people who don’t know them yet. My students, international employees at local warehouses, are the ones who turn America’s internet orders into real stuff that shows up on our...

Scatterbrainedness, Self-Talk, and Steering Myself to a Better Story

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 30, 2018 | Books, Self-Talk

I tapped out the letters on my screen: “Leaving an hour late. Story of my life.” The sideways emoji with its tongue hanging out felt like the perfect icon to round out the text message. I pressed it, then hit “send” and let my friend know I was on my way to Chicago...