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Some Thoughts on Kindness
Yesterday I was 30 minutes late to my folks house because I stopped at a grocery store to buy food for a homeless man that was standing at the freeway off-ramp with a sign that read: “Hungry. Please...
View ArticleHallelujah!
“O come, let us worship and bow down..” Ps 95:6 Can you remember the last time you found yourself alone singing – maybe it was in the car along with the radio, maybe in the shower, but your heart was...
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Act with Courage Even When You Don’t Feel Courageous
Life is not for wimps. Can I say it any plainer? I think not. Yet, somehow I am repeatedly surprised when I wake up to face yet another fear – or challenge – or trouble that I hadn’t expected. I want...
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A Whale of Troubles. What’s Eating You Alive?
I live on an island and I ride in a ferry to get to the mainland. Sometimes my car is loaded into the center of the ferry – I call it ‘the bowels of the boat’. It is a cavernous, windowless space...
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Faithfulness – The Not So Sexy Virtue.
What are the traits you find most attractive? Niceness? Humor? Physical attractiveness, sexiness, is probably near the top of most peoples’ lists. ‘Sexy’ sums up attractiveness for most of us. So what...
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Do You Ever Do A Happy Dance?
My husband doesn’t dance. So, I don’t dance much. Let’s be honest, we all celebrate differently – what is torture to my hubby, is gleeful exuberance to my daughter, for instance. This brings up a...
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What Noticeable Marks Are You Leaving On Your World?
I’ve been noticing lately the marks people leave behind. I’m speaking about the small, every day ones. Little marks that proclaim “I was here’. Each day I arrive at my favorite beach for a walk....
View ArticleThe Leasts – Do You and I Notice Them?
Recently, I was scrolling down the long list of forty plus comments on a fellow blogger’s post, the list went on-and-on, everybody wanted to add their mark of approval, their accolade, to the...
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Thanks Giving. A Sacrifice of Praise.
Does anyone else notice that people are less polite these days? Politeness seems to be a lost art. Please and thank you’s are rarely heard. I am old fashioned and I crave, yes, crave, politeness....
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Advent’s Task – Preparing Room in Our Hearts For Jesus
Christmas is upon us, along with the myriad of expectations we carry with it. Things like – finding the perfect gifts, entertaining our friends and close family, special holiday traditions like...
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The 229 Word Christmas Story
I bring you the Christmas story in a small excerpt from Luke’s gospel, with an addition of one of my favorite Christmas songs…. O come all ye faithful; joyful and triumphant. “And there were shepherds...
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My Word for 2018 – Surrender.
I chose a word for 2018. Actually, the word chose me. It’s come to me in a number of ways; none of them of my choosing. My word continues to chase me – knocking hard on the door to my heart, ‘Hello. Is...
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What Does Your Faith Walk Look Like To Others?
I knew a woman of great faith. You probably know one or two, as well. If you were to knock on her front door, I know she’d greet you warmly. She’d invite you right in and put on the tea kettle in the...
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Some Thoughts on Our Hearts
Hearts hold a special affection for me. It began when I was in a Old Testament Bible Study of I and II Kings, it was there I noticed God cares about hearts. Deeply. “Man looks at the outward...
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Accept Your Weariness. Really?
‘Accept yourself in your weariness’. I read these words this morning, well more like, I drank them in. Thirsty for their truth. Thirsty to be relieved of my burden for ‘do better’ – ‘do more’ – ‘get...
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Are You Trying to Get Out of Some Thing God Is Wanting You To Lean In To?
My 3 year old grandson is currently immobilized in a bright blue and red body cast with a spiderman emblem emblazoned like a small badge of honor in a belt around his waist. The cast starts below his...
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Unanswered Prayer and Chocolate Cake
Do you ever wonder why God hasn’t answered your prayer? If you’re like me, you may have been praying this specific prayer request for years. Answers to prayer are sort of like a decadent chocolate cake...
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Our Faltering Hearts – Ambivalence – Living Life in the Gray
Have you ever noticed that life is rather foggy? We can feel sad and happy at the same time, or excited and scared to death. Contrary feelings coexist in my mind and confuse me. Moments of clarity are...
View ArticleWhat I’m Learning From My Three Year Old Grandson About Learning to Walk Again
Have you ever watched a child attempting to walk? It begins slowly. It begins way before walking is possible. It begins with sitting. Core muscles need to be in place – the abdomen muscles – the ole’...
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Would the Real Me Please Step Forward
I got my hair cut this past month and I learned two things about myself. First, I love short hair. Second, I’m not blond anymore. Those of you who’ve known me for a long time, please don’t tell me this...
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