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The Broken Language of True Friendship {Take Heart…in Kinship & Community}

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 22, 2013 | Sweet Tea, Take Heart Series

We slammed the taxi doors in unison, shook off the secondhand smoke and let our frustrations turn to ice in the open air. The four of us walked the grey pavement in our knock-off North Face coats. No words, just grumbles. No eye to eye, just rolling of the eyes....

A Eulogy for My Enemy {Take Heart…in Kinship and Community}

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 18, 2013 | Pocket Change, Sweet Tea, Take Heart Series

Today in our Take Heart series, an anonymous friend shares about how God helped her mend a difficult relationship with her mother-in-law…just in time. They were like dirty dishes stowed away in the cupboard, these thoughts and feelings we had about each...

Widows and Wedding China {Take Heart…in Romance}

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 15, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Sweet Tea, Take Heart Series

Asparagus sizzled in the top oven. I pulled lasagna from the other and looked up. The golden girl waltzed through the door with pep in her step. She came bearing hugs and kisses and cards, and beamed as my boy told her she was “thinking really good” when she got him...

Love Down the Drain {Take Heart…in Romance}

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 14, 2013 | Buttons & Thread, Pocket Change, Sweet Tea

My sister is a fix-it girl. At night, her bed lays empty while she undoes the dirt of day at a local coffee shop. She dusts the fixtures and sweeps away crumbs. She sanitizes tables and chairs and counter tops and remembers who sat where in the daylight when she...

The Things We Carry {Take Heart…in Romance}

by Darcy Wiley | Feb 13, 2013 | Pocket Change, Sweet Tea, Take Heart Series

Welcome to those visiting from Project Afterbelly! So glad to have you here at Message in a Mason Jar where we’re finding the loveliest things in the most ordinary containers. To get posts delivered to your email box or blog reader, enter your email address on...