by Suzie Eller | May 22, 2020 | Faith, Family, Feelings, More Than Small Talk
When a crisis hits, it can knock us down. We don’t know what to expect. Our “normal” has been stripped away. But if we look back at any crisis, somehow good can come from it. I don’t know about you, but that’s been my prayer lately. Lord, show me the good that can... 
by Suzie Eller | Apr 30, 2020 | Faith, Feelings, More Than Small Talk
I’m a half-cup full girl. I almost always (like every single time) reach for the silver lining. There’s so much good in that, but the downside to eternal optimism is that sometimes a person just needs space to say she’s sad. She needs to work through those... 
by Suzie Eller | Apr 16, 2020 | Feelings, More Than Small Talk
When I ask friends how they are doing during the pandemic, the answers are all over the board. Some are doing fine. Others are struggling. Some have lost so much. How are you, friend, as you read this today? How are you holding up? I truly want to know. Maybe, like... 
by Suzie Eller | Apr 2, 2020 | Faith, Feelings, Living free together, More Than Small Talk
One day I sat in the CCU near Richard’s bed. The machines whirring. Fluid from his chest going into a large glass container near his bed. I was exhausted. Earlier that week I found out I had cancer again. Three days later he had a massive heart attack. I was... 
by Suzie Eller | Mar 30, 2020 | Faith, Feelings
Hey friend, can we talk? Just you and me, sitting across from each other. Our hot steaming cups between us. Jesus asked us to love one another. In fact, he took it a step further. He asked us to love each other the way he loved us. In a faith that talks about love in... 
by Suzie Eller | Mar 26, 2020 | Faith, Family, Feelings, Living free together, More Than Small Talk
In today’s More Than Small Talk podcast, we discuss how hard it is to disagree with someone we like. Yet there are times the person we are disagreeing with is. . . ourselves. This is an old entry from one of my prayer journals. This is what I wrote on a day when I... 
