Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Oct 18, 2017
- 3 min
A Time to Mend
When something is broken, hopelessly severed, damaged beyond use; what does it take to mend it? I can remember my mother coming to the...
69 views0 comments
Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Oct 3, 2017
- 3 min
A Time to Throw Away
Life scatters and gathers us. We lose. We search. We find. We take up. We let go. And then the rhythm starts again with each flaming...
68 views0 comments
Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Sep 27, 2017
- 3 min
A Time to Keep
How do we know what to keep? Our lives are over-stuffed and crowded even more than our houses. It is too easy to keep what we do not need...
63 views0 comments
Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Sep 20, 2017
- 3 min
A Time to Lose
Have you seen the pictures? Harvey and Irma have blown through the southeast with unrestrained fury and destruction. People return to...
54 views0 comments
Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Sep 13, 2017
- 3 min
A Time to Search
I couldn’t find my passport. I had it to fill out some travel papers within two days. How could it just disappear? I began my methodical...
65 views0 comments
Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Sep 5, 2017
- 3 min
A Time to Refrain from Embracing
I would rather hug a fear away than watch another person struggle. Wouldn’t you? But sometimes the painful work of love is to refrain...
333 views0 comments
Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Aug 30, 2017
- 3 min
A Time to Embrace
I am a hugger. I know how important it is to hug at funerals and crisis. I have always looked for those who live without enough hugs...
130 views0 comments
Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Aug 23, 2017
- 2 min
A Time to Gather
I am a gatherer from way back. I love the gathering process. I get ready for a day in the kitchen by gathering supplies and cooking...
70 views0 comments
Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Jul 19, 2017
- 2 min
A Time to Cry
I have a tear bottle. It is fragile, small, long-necked, and vulnerable. My friend, John Haines, of many missionary travels, gave it to...
76 views0 comments
Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Jul 12, 2017
- 3 min
A Time to Build
You can always find someone building something. It is entrepreneurial, visionary, forward-moving work. I walked through new-builds in...
160 views0 comments