For the one standing at the back of a room they know better than anybody on the stage, this refuses to rank the two jobs, keeps the grief over the lost years open, and names what is already in their hands as restoration and not as making do.
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Messages
Hebrews 11:16
Truly Restored
Another Family's Mailbox
Hebrews 11:16
1 Corinthians 12:22
Restored To Serve
Ninety Minutes on a Wednesday
1 Corinthians 12:22
Isaiah 46:4
Years Restored
The Girlhood I Spent Cooking
Isaiah 46:4
2 Corinthians 4:16
Truly Restored
The Prayer They Keep Praying
2 Corinthians 4:16
Psalm 126:5
Years Restored
Ten Years of Waiting Rooms
Psalm 126:5
2 Corinthians 1:4
Restoration Arriving
Tuesdays in the Waiting Room
2 Corinthians 1:4
John 9:25
Restored To Serve
Too Much for the Room
John 9:25
Psalm 84:10
Restoration Arriving
Running Sound in the Back
Psalm 84:10
1 Kings 19:7
Slow And Sure
Leaving Before the Last Song
1 Kings 19:7
Isaiah 61:4
Restored To Serve
The Name Sticker and the Flipchart
Isaiah 61:4
Mark 4:27
Slow And Sure
The Tray of Tomato Plants
Mark 4:27
Psalm 126:4
Years Restored
The Hull That Waited Ten Years
Psalm 126:4
Ezra 3:12
Slow And Sure
The Table Gets Longer by One
Ezra 3:12
Mark 10:30
Restoration Arriving
The Table of Six
Mark 10:30
Isaiah 49:16
Whole Again
The Number That Does Not Ring
Isaiah 49:16
Psalm 27:10
He Gives Back
The Truck He Left Running
Psalm 27:10
Genesis 41:52
Years Restored
Eleven Years Between Two Kitchens
Genesis 41:52
Psalm 142:4
He Gives Back
The Sister Who Did Not Come
Psalm 142:4
Malachi 3:16
Whole Again
The Last One Who Knows the Names
Malachi 3:16
Isaiah 28:16
Slow And Sure
Nine Years of Mud
Isaiah 28:16
Psalm 103:5
Years Restored
The Song He Cannot Dance To
Psalm 103:5
Luke 22:32
Restored To Serve
The Uncle Who Was Not There
Luke 22:32
Daniel 3:17
Truly Restored
The Word Restore in My House
Daniel 3:17
Isaiah 66:13
Whole Again
The Bike in the Garage
Isaiah 66:13
Psalm 12:5
He Gives Back
The Water They Closed
Psalm 12:5
Psalm 139:16
Whole Again
The Life I Had Pictured for Him
Psalm 139:16
Psalm 92:14
Restored To Serve
The Chair by the Window and the List
Psalm 92:14
2 Samuel 9:13
Whole Again
The Boots I Kept
2 Samuel 9:13
John 21:9
Restoration Arriving
The Neighbor Who Knew the Dish
John 21:9
Nehemiah 2:18
Restored To Serve
The Circle That Closed Without Me
Nehemiah 2:18
Psalm 127:2
Slow And Sure
The Ninth Month of Sleeping Through
Psalm 127:2
Psalm 139:1
Whole Again
The Photographs That Belong to a Stranger
Psalm 139:1
Psalm 34:18
Truly Restored
The Chair They Want to Fill
Psalm 34:18
Isaiah 58:12
Years Restored
Nine Seasons at the Fence Line
Isaiah 58:12
Psalm 103:14
Truly Restored
The Name He Does Not Say
Psalm 103:14
Zechariah 4:10
Restoration Arriving
One Kid on Thursdays
Zechariah 4:10
Psalm 34:5
He Gives Back
It Was Never Mine to Carry
Psalm 34:5
Job 14:7
Truly Restored
The Only Handwriting He Left
Job 14:7
Isaiah 43:19
Restoration Arriving
The Girl With the Exact Coins
Isaiah 43:19
2 Corinthians 5:7
Whole Again
I Learned the Room by Hand
2 Corinthians 5:7
Joel 2:25
Years Restored
Eighteen Years in the Applause
Joel 2:25
Psalm 55:22
He Gives Back
The Message I Kept Carrying
Psalm 55:22
Isaiah 42:3
Slow And Sure
The Winter the Porch Light Came Back On
Isaiah 42:3
Hebrews 6:10
He Gives Back
Somebody Else's Name on My Ten Years
Hebrews 6:10
Exodus 4:11
Truly Restored
The Voice That Did Not Come Back
Exodus 4:11
Psalm 71:5
He Gives Back
The Piano With the Lid Down
Psalm 71:5
2 Corinthians 12:9
Truly Restored
What They Keep Saying About My Hearing
2 Corinthians 12:9
Psalm 105:19
He Gives Back
The Sentence in His Voice
Psalm 105:19
Deuteronomy 6:7
Restoration Arriving
One Boy at the Friday Table
Deuteronomy 6:7
Psalm 73:26
Whole Again
The Body I Have Now
Psalm 73:26
James 5:7
Slow And Sure
Six Texts in a Year
James 5:7
Isaiah 55:8
Truly Restored
The Word They Meant Was Reunited
Isaiah 55:8
Joshua 14:12
Restored To Serve
Sixty-Two and Starting
Joshua 14:12
Ezekiel 37:8
Slow And Sure
Eleven Words on a Tuesday
Ezekiel 37:8
Ruth 4:15
Truly Restored
The Slow Lane
Ruth 4:15
Isaiah 43:1
He Gives Back
The Seat I Was Not In
Isaiah 43:1
Mark 8:24
Slow And Sure
Four Millimeters in a Notebook
Mark 8:24
Psalm 68:6
He Gives Back
I Should Have Got It in Writing
Psalm 68:6
Psalm 71:20
Years Restored
Twelve Years in the Photographs
Psalm 71:20
Ephesians 2:10
Restored To Serve
The Window I Thought Shut at Thirty
Ephesians 2:10
Lamentations 5:21
Years Restored
Fourteen Winters on the Coast Path
Lamentations 5:21
Genesis 50:20
He Gives Back
The Place I Never Took Up
Genesis 50:20
Matthew 18:20
Restoration Arriving
Three People in a Hallway
Matthew 18:20
Psalm 90:15
Years Restored
The Braids Somebody Else Did
Psalm 90:15
Deuteronomy 33:27
Whole Again
Fifty-One Years and a Kitchen for One
Deuteronomy 33:27
2 Timothy 2:9
Restored To Serve
The Microphone They Took Down
2 Timothy 2:9
Psalm 34:8
Truly Restored
Cooking for a Table I Cannot Taste
Psalm 34:8
Acts 7:30
Restored To Serve
The Student Who Came Back at Fifty
Acts 7:30
Psalm 31:15
Years Restored
The Folder of Appointment Cards
Psalm 31:15
Isaiah 56:5
Truly Restored
They Keep Quoting Hannah at Me
Isaiah 56:5
1 Peter 5:10
Whole Again
The Sideline and the Missing Years
1 Peter 5:10
Exodus 35:34
Restored To Serve
The Hands That Teach Now
Exodus 35:34
Luke 24:31
Restoration Arriving
Thursday, and One Old Woman
Luke 24:31
Romans 8:39
Whole Again
The Conversation That Does Not Get Had
Romans 8:39
Romans 11:29
Restored To Serve
The License in the Drawer
Romans 11:29
2 Corinthians 4:7
Whole Again
The Hand That Will Not Hold the Pen
2 Corinthians 4:7
Psalm 10:14
He Gives Back
The Inside Pocket
Psalm 10:14
Proverbs 4:18
Slow And Sure
Three Stairs and Then Four
Proverbs 4:18
Habakkuk 3:18
Restoration Arriving
Six Pots on a Step
Habakkuk 3:18
Exodus 23:30
Slow And Sure
Nine Minutes in the Cereal Aisle
Exodus 23:30
Psalm 78:4
Restoration Arriving
The Children Who Sing It Now
Psalm 78:4
Psalm 40:2
Slow And Sure
The Chair Facing the Door
Psalm 40:2
Amos 7:15
Restoration Arriving
Other People's Fences
Amos 7:15
Psalm 56:8
Years Restored
Before Anybody Wrote It Down
Psalm 56:8