Jesus Christ
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Slow Down, Cowboy
Time passes. Things change. The fresh, new, and exciting slowly becomes the stale, old, and predictable. Energy that once sprang from a bottomless reservoir now trickles sparingly, as if dripping from a clogged waterspout. Possibilities begin winking out one by… Continue reading
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An Undistorted Reality
“I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19, NRSV) Have you ever noticed the way anticipation tends to distort reality… both positively and negatively? If you’re not sure what I am talking about, think… Continue reading
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The Unbreakable Bubble
Check this out… Shortly after moving to Fort Collins, CO, Joan and I were walking the dogs in nearby Fossil Creek Park. It was early December, but snow had yet to make an appearance. As we approached the base of… Continue reading
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EST-CE QUE TU PARLES FRANCAIS?
Joan and I have been in the south of France for the past week. And when I say, “the south of France,” I mean THE SOUTH. As in, imagining we hear banjos and guitars having a pick-off duel as we round… Continue reading
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My Saints
He was a slick-fielding, light hitting second baseman for the church softball team. He sold microscopes for the E. Leitz Company. Later, he heard a call that changed not only his life, but the lives of everyone in his family.… Continue reading
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The Inexhaustible Supply Chain
Our new couch is finally HERE! Hip Hip HOORAY! Last week Joan and I were finally able to get rid of that old couch – the one that was meant for a MUCH larger living room – so that we… Continue reading
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A Strange Set of Tools
I’ve got this dilemma on my hands. Maybe you can help me with it. On the one hand, I don’t like to fail. I mean I REALLY don’t like it. At all. At the same time, I really like trying things I haven’t tried… Continue reading
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Augmenting the Toolkit
Of all the tools that currently reside in my personal Toolkit of Life, the one that seems notably lacking is the one called WISDOM. In my better moments, I’ve been called clever, or bright, or intuitive… once someone even called me sharp.… Continue reading
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Testing… Testing…
Fall is many things. Fall is cooler weather. Fall is turning leaves. Fall is back-to-school, pumpkin spice EVERYTHING, football, turning leaves, wardrobe revision, Halloween, the end of mowing, and the roll-out of next year’s new auto models. But most of… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 