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MINE!
I hoped my wince went unnoticed. But then I realized I was dealing with one of the most perceptive, most eagle-eyed people God ever created; my wife Joan. And so of course… she saw the wince as soon as it… Continue reading
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You Belong
Three doors down from the house I grew up in lived a family named the Thompsons. There was Mr. Thompson, Mrs. Thompson (that was back in the time when kids didn’t know adults’ first names) and their three sons. If… Continue reading
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Tree of Light
Yes, it’s true. Today is January 24 and our Christmas tree is still up. Fully decorated and lighted. Know what else? It will probably be up for another two days. Every other scrap of indoor and outdoor Christmas décor has… Continue reading
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Maintenance Man
If it is out, I need to put it away. If it is crinkled, I need to iron it. If it is dirty, I need to clean it. If it is untidy, I need to tidy it. If it is… Continue reading
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The Power of Commitment
It is admittedly a little odd to peer inside my head today and see the two things taking up most of the space there: The Kansas City Chiefs football team, and… Martin Luther King, Jr. The Chiefs are there because… Continue reading
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Blasts from pasts
It is the great boon and the great bane of our wonderful world of instantaneous electronic connection. You or I can be shuffling along, minding our own business, when SHAZAM! a voice or face from the distant, forgotten past suddenly… Continue reading
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Scratch it!
Have you ever had an itch? I mean the kind that was located at that exactly perfectly unreachable spot on your back… just right THERE. An intense itch. The kind that would not be ignored nor trifled with. It is… Continue reading
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Leaf it to God
The blowing wind woke me up this morning. Check that… I meant to say, “The wildly blowing, nearly gale-force wind woke me up this morning.” There, just outside our bedroom windows, I could see the branches of large trees swaying hypnotically, as… Continue reading
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Trusting God
When your light turns green and it’s time to move, you first have to trust. Before that door is closed and sealed, before your seatbelt is fastened tight and low across your lap, and before the pre-flight safety announcement begins,… Continue reading
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Will and Grace
“A NEW YEAR… A NEW YOU.” That was either the advertising slogan of Weight Watchers or my health club. Maybe both. Sounds good, doesn’t it? But as I stood there and did my assessment in front of the mirror this… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 