Diane Tarantini
Breaking Up (with a friend) is Hard to Do
A few years back I found myself breaking up with a friend. I blame Andy Stanley. Stanley is a popular pastor out of Atlanta, Georgia, and from time to time, I work his messages into my podcast schedule. One morning as I was walking through my neighborhood, Pastor Andy whispered into my earbuds: “People are…
Read MorePrescription for Peace
Our nest is nearly empty. Because our only son, the youngest of our brood, graduates high school on Saturday. Am I sad, nostalgic? I’m not sure. Right now I’m too busy to sort out my feelings. I like to think it’s not me, it’s the month. For years, the month of May has been crazy…
Read MoreThe Mourning After
Have you ever stopped to think what the day after Jesus’ crucifixion must have been like for his mother? The pain, the grieving, the horrific images of watching the torture and the hanging? Diane Tarantini imagined what Mary could have felt and she shares it on her website. On this day between Good Friday and…
Read MoreFast Dogs
“Are you praying for them to come home, Daddy?” At the dinner table, Middle Child Drama Girl’s big brown eyes focused on my husband. She was talking about our two dogs—Daisy May and Little Paint Lou—the ones that ran away. At least once a month. This particular time, they’d been gone eight days. When Tony…
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