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The Habit That Saved My Life
People ask me from time to time what habit has improved my life the most. They expect me to say walking every day. Or prayer. Or reading. Or writing. They expect something practical, something they can add to tomorrow morning’s routine. Those habits have all helped me. But the habit that changed everything was far…
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The Hard Years
I used to think the hardest years of my life were behind me. They were the years of hiding. The years of trying to become the person everyone else needed me to be. The years spent earning love, proving my worth, and convincing myself that if I could just be enough, I would finally belong.…
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The Sequel I Wish Existed: Kitchen Confidential, Twenty Years Later
I can confidently say that I would love to read a sequel to the Bible. The writing prompt was: “What book deserves a sequel?” I can’t use the word “deserve” when I talk about a sequel to the Bible. I would love to know what happens next, but I don’t deserve that kind of knowledge.…
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Ursula Was Right About Ariel
“Sometimes the villain isn’t the first person to create the problem. Sometimes she’s simply the first one willing to acknowledge it.” Disney has given us some of the most memorable villains in cinematic history. They are larger than life, deliciously theatrical, and impossible to forget. Yet beneath the songs, the sarcasm, and the sinister laughter,…
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What the Water Knows
I went to Flathead Lake every summer as a child. I did not know then what it was giving me. I only knew the water was cold enough to steal my breath and clear enough to see my own feet standing on the rocks below, and that the Mission Mountains stood over all of it…
G R A C H E K
Dee Grachek is an author and Presbyterian pastor whose work explores faith, authenticity, identity, and hope through fiction, memoir, and spiritual writing.
Drawing on a life of ministry and personal transformation, Dee writes emotionally honest stories that invite readers to discover grace, courage, belonging, and the enduring power of unconditional love.
Dee is passionate about helping others find the courage to live authentically and discover a God whose love is wider than our fears, with writing marked by emotional honesty, theological depth, and an abiding conviction that every person’s story matters.