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The Stairs
Maybe what you’re actually aching for is to be fully known—deeper than the version of yourself the world usually gets. How sweet it must be to feel fully known and still fully loved.
A quiet collection of essays
Along the Way
Honest encounters in the middle of ordinary life.
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Connecting you with vetted pastors and biblical counselors for online spiritual care.Why Along the Way?
Well hello, my name is Caleb. A father, founder, builder, and weary traveler still learning that the most meaningful encounters rarely happen where I expect them.
What you will find here is simply a collection of honest reflections written in the middle of real life—through grief and joy, success and failure, certainty and doubt. Some are essays. Some are poems. Some are prayers. Some are simply stones I never want to forget. And most importantly, breadcrumbs of hope for whoever may stumble across this collection.
All throughout history, individuals have walked with God, wrestled with God, and have been touched by Him. The common theme throughout? Memorial and remembrance. Not because He would forget, but because they would.
These are mine.
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