Every time I heard the front door slam, I knew they were coming out to dump more of Marnie’s stuff into the dumpster. I tried to avoid looking across the street at that big red dumpster in the driveway of Marnie’s house. I loved her and couldn’t bear to think about all those good times and memories—Marnie’s spirit— being unceremoniously discarded into a dirty dumpster.

Elijah appealed to all the people and said, “How long will you straddle the issues? If the Lord is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him.” The people, however, did not answer him. - 1 Kings 18:20-39 When I read the word “straddle” last week, I immediately asked myself, “Am I straddling?”