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Echols: How all the broken pieces reveal the essence of Easter

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 5 Apr 2026 04:00:00 -0500

“Disorder does not only lead to crime. Disorder can also be the kingdom of light. It’s about hope. Light emerges from the hammer blows.” Is this not the essence of Easter?

Echols: Heaven is a long and delightful and forever hello

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:00:14 -0500

“I am keenly aware of the sting of goodbyes. Right now, even insignificant moments seem to carry weight; every parting hints at some grander departure that’s waiting just around the bend.”

Echols: 'Not understanding each other' is hardly limited to different languages

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:00:04 -0500

“The cacophony of languages rising from the upstairs coziness of this one tiny coffee shop in a small foreign village brings back wonderful memories for me as well as excitement for my children.”

Echols: 'What wrestling with God has looked like for me'

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 8 Mar 2026 11:26:59 -0500

“When the story of who God is and what he has done for humanity comes to light, the risk of offense is high, granted, but the potential for bellyaching laughter is even higher. And one outweighs the other every time.”

Echols: 'This has not been my best week'

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:00:09 -0600

“Their blood runs through my veins, and many of them walked in the light of grace the same way I am doing this week, just earlier on the timeline. God loved them, and he loves me, too.”

Echols: Team sports make space for light to gain victory over dark

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:00:05 -0600

“Team sports push back on our natural inclination toward selfishness, and I celebrate and support anything that makes space for light to gain victory over dark, especially if that light involves a goal, a ball and a reversible polyester jersey.”

Echols: A friendship 84 years in the making

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 4 Jan 2026 04:00:12 -0600

“In a world where loneliness is an epidemic, I wondered what could possibly go into cultivating a friendship like this one.”

Echols: 'Much like a middle child, Gen X can feel overlooked or unseen'

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Fri, 2 Jan 2026 20:34:15 -0600

“We are referred to as ‘The Forgotten Generation.’ Which could sound depressing, unless you have learned to live out of the clever quiet of a middle-child identity.”

Echols: Love languages, grace and gift cards

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:00:05 -0600

“Being filled to the measure of the fullness of God is better than any gift card out there. It exceeds what our carefully curated lists can bring. And it beats the biggest surprise that could ever be wrapped in a box.”

Echols: 'It’s weird when your kids know things you don’t'

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:11:35 -0600

“We can take ten thousand steps, but that last one — the moment when the wick claims the flame as its own — is always something of a tiny mystery.”

Echols: Thinking about what’s behind our thinking

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 7 Dec 2025 10:45:04 -0600

“Once you take a thought captive and lock it up tight, you must replace it with another thought. Very few of us are able to sit quietly with nothing at all going on up top.”

Echols: 'Discovering what we are called to be'

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 18:05:14 -0600

“How can I do this life well? What is it that you can pass on to me so that I will not have to relearn the same lessons at the expense of my own heart, mind, body and relationships?”

Echols: The things that never touch your conscious mind

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 9 Nov 2025 09:44:08 -0600

“Once you start to see his handiwork in the details, you notice it everyday. And if you’re like me, you find yourself wondering how many other things you see everyday ... that never touch the conscious mind.”

Echols: How well do you know Memphis? Here's a photo quiz to test your knowledge.

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sat, 8 Nov 2025 22:55:04 -0600

Can you name the neighborhood in which these places are found? The street? How many of these spots make you think of some other memory?

Echols: What word does God use for you and me?

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 21:04:31 -0500

“What we name each other, both on legal documents and in earned fellowship, is enough to determine some amount of lifelong meaning. But the grace-filled name God gives to us, both in secret and in stone, will be who we are for the rest of eternity.”

Echols: 'Walking in Memphis' isn’t what it once was

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 04:00:03 -0500

Candace Echols says she walks the line between “a willingness to satisfy my human craving for a good run” and “a consent to be on high alert.”

Echols: Fall is hard to beat

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:59:30 -0500

Autumn officially started Sept. 22, but one day soon, we will all wake up to air that is so crisp and so clear that it blows all the way through our souls.

Echols: 'We need the wisdom of trees'

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 7 Sep 2025 04:00:05 -0500

“We need the wisdom that shows us how to turn our faces toward the light and bend without breaking.”

Echols: Staying quiet — despite the good things we've found

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Mon, 1 Sep 2025 10:34:39 -0500

“Let me say, ain’t nobody going to like this comparison – not the shot people, not the Christian people, and not the other people, either — but it’s real. There are things about Tirzepatide that remind me of the Holy Spirit.”

Echols: Words that aren't the uninhabited talk of AI

candaceecholswrites@gmail.com (Candace Echols) — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:04 -0500

“While AI can talk about God, it cannot speak about experiencing him. It can offer no first-person perspective on what God is like in the euphoria of love or in the depths of grief.”