Michelle Ule, Author

History, Real Life and Faith

Home, survivor guilt, Sonoma County fires, Santa Rosa fires, evacuation, talking to friends who have lost their home, what makes a house a home.

in Faith· Family Life· Fear

What Does Home Mean to You?

“I just want to go home,” I said on day nine of our evacuation from the Sonoma County Fires. Tired of the chaos, uncertainty and confusion, all I could think of was the bliss of sitting in the blue recliner with my feet up. I’m not that much of a homebody, but after nine uncertain days away, home was exactly…
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resiliency, Oswald Chambers, Mrs. Oswald Chambers, WWI, England following WWI, Ian Rutledge novels, Charles Todd, Singled Out, dealing with a teenager

in Biddy Chambers· Books· Faith· Historical Research· My Utmost for His Highest· Oswald Chambers

Resiliency Post-WWI: Mrs. Oswald Chambers (Part III)

Biddy Chambers demonstrated even more resiliency after Oswald Chamber’s unexpected death in 1917. Left penniless with a four year-old in the middle of a YMCA camp in Egypt, Biddy had a choice. She could fall apart, or she could accept her circumstances and move forward. The YMCA leadership in Egypt asked her to stay on throughout the war. It made…
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arts in crisis, the importance of arts in crisis, Santa Rosa fires, children, dancing, singing, drawing, coloring, Mad Libs

in Faith· Family Life· Life's challenges

The Importance of the Arts in Crisis

My family has learned the importance of the arts in crisis. We’ve just come through the Sonoma County fires and the arts helped. How? When you have six adults, five children, three cats and a dog evacuated from home for a week, you need anything you can get to ease the tension. The children, in particular, needed the arts to…
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resiliency, widowhood, Mrs. Oswald Chambers, Biddy Chambers, WWI, Oswald Chambers, Zeitoun, Egypt, YMCA, mourning, poverty, skills

in Biddy Chambers· Faith· Family Life· Historical Research· Oswald Chambers· World War I

Widowhood Resiliency and Mrs. Oswald Chambers (Part II)

Widowhood resiliency is a skill I hope to never need. I don’t think any woman wants to learn it. For Mrs. Oswald Chambers, widowhood came young–she was thirty-four years old when Oswald Chambers died in Egypt on November 15, 1917. One hundred years ago this week. Left without a pension in the middle of the desert surrounded by ANZAC troops…
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in Biddy Chambers· Historical Research· My Utmost for His Highest· Oswald Chambers· Traveler's Tales· World War I

Oswald Chambers' Death: 100 Years Later

Oswald Chambers’ death 100 years ago, has been the source of sadness and questions. (You can read all about it in my book, Mrs. Oswald Chambers). The most read blog post on this website is Why Did God Allow Oswald Chambers to Die So Young? The question is still a good one and worth pondering on November 15, 2017–one hundred…
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in Biddy Chambers· Historical Research· My Utmost for His Highest· Oswald Chambers· Traveler's Tales· World War I

Oswald Chambers’ Death: 100 Years Later

Oswald Chambers’ death 100 years ago, has been the source of sadness and questions. (You can read all about it in my book, Mrs. Oswald Chambers). The most read blog post on this website is Why Did God Allow Oswald Chambers to Die So Young? The question is still a good one and worth pondering on November 15, 2017–one hundred…
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