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Dumping or Delivering or Both?
What kind of vehicle best describes your communication with God? Photo by John Garrish Yesterday my journal was like a dump truck hauling a pile of petitions to heaven. Of course, journals are a fine...
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Why are you Thankful?
As children most of us learned to say “please” and “thank you.” (Apparently it doesn’t come naturally.) To dust off a rather quaint phrase, it’s good manners. Why? To be thankful is to be “conscious...
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Thanksgiving Weekend: A Snapshot of Competition for our Souls
Observing the back-to-back events of Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday makes my head spin. In a dizzying instant, we flip the switch from giving thanks for what we have to the scramble to...
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Under a Canopy on Memorial Day
Memorial Day is our opportunity to remember, honor and thank those who have given their lives in the service of this country. Culturally, it has also become a nice long early summer weekend to be...
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Stand in Awe of God’s Yes
In the three weeks between Memorial Day and June 8th we celebrated a college graduation, an important medical school milestone, the birth of a baby, and a wedding. The busy days surrounding this...
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Life Beyond a Stroke
photo credit: Phototropy via photopin cc I was living life fully loaded: teaching opportunities were suddenly plentiful, spending time with family and friends was a joy, and getting ready for anther...
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Cheer up!
What cheers you up? A beautiful day, a good night’s sleep, an evening spent with people you love, or a restful vacation? These are wonderful gifts, and they never fail to cheer me up. “Cheer up” isn’t...
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Celebrating the “Unbounded Exercise of Reason and Freedom of Opinion”
Having just celebrated the 4th of July and enjoying a beautiful weekend complete with fireworks, cookouts, and relaxation, (too much relaxation to write this post a few days earlier) I thought I’d take...
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Lessons From Little-Known Women of the Bible: Anna
It’s almost Thanksgiving, a day when we will simply give thanks around a table overflowing with turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberries, and other goodies. No gifts. No hype. No countdown, unless...
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Cure for a Cruddy Day
I woke up the other day feeling cruddy. It was a rainy, dreary day, my husband had a test at the hospital (which turned out to be fine), and I was awake during the night; yuk. Depression is not...
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This Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving will be different. Tables will be smaller. Too many gatherings will be missing an individual who is struggling with Covid, or worse. Many people will be alone on a day on which they...
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