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Memorial Day musings
Today I am re-blogging a post from my blogosphere friend Karla with thoughts on the significance of this Memorial Day holiday. Let us all take a moment to remember and thank those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.… Continue reading
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Bless Me?
“Grandpa, can you bless yourself?” There I was, walking home with my 10-year-old grandson Will with he and his dad. You know, just a casual stroll along the tree-lined path between Will’s school and their home. We sauntered along, idly… Continue reading
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Spring Cleaning
I don’t like the words, “control” or “program.” When it comes to the topic of the incessant chatter that whirls around inside my head, I am a much bigger fan of the word “influence.” As in, “How can I exert a… Continue reading
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Miraculousness
I didn’t see it this time. Colorado was too far away from the “path of totality” for even a hint of a glimpse of yesterday’s total solar eclipse. But we did get to experience this eerie natural phenomenon in 2017… Continue reading
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An Audience of One
This week is a familiar week. Yes. It is Holy Week. At the same time, it is a holy week. For folks like me who have been around the church practically since birth, it is a week that comes with… Continue reading
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More candles… more seeds
I’d like to ask you to pause just for a moment and think about your home. Not just the house you live in. But everything else that causes you to call it HOME. What do you like about it? What… Continue reading
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Money for Something
What would you do if someone handed you $600 and said, “No strings attached. Use it wherever you need it.”? That exact thing happened to me two weeks ago. Actually, she didn’t hand ME the money, per se. She gave it to me… Continue reading
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Backwards mission
It is now just an hour or so until we head to the airport. Joan and I are about to jump on a plane and join 16 other people for a week in Guatemala. Going from 25 degrees and snowing… Continue reading
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Knowing Who Wins
[NECESSARY DISCLAIMER: Lots of sports stuff to follow. Yes, a nifty little Christ-following tie-in at the end, but sports stuff first.] Have I mentioned in this space that I am a huge fan of the National Football League and its… Continue reading
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Good… and cheap
Never would I ever have suspected it. But as it turns out, Jesus and my former sales manager, Mike B., have shared virtually identical life wisdom with me. Allow me to elucidate. Long, long ago, in a land far, far… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 