{Re}st

Here we are the second week of 2019, and as promised, I’m focusing on rest every Sunday. When I first started studying the agains in rest, my first question was: What did God DO on the seventh day? How did He rest? Did He have a good lie-in in His almighty-sized bed? Maybe I’m taking…

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{Re}jected

Reject was first used in the 15th century to mean to “refuse to accept.” And, now I can relate to book authors and writers everywhere. My book proposal has been rejected by the simple passage of time. I submitted it 13 weeks ago. After 12 weeks I was supposed to hear something or assume it’s…

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{Re}learn

We just bought new ceramic knives. They’re super sharp. They’re light and fit nicely into my hand. We wanted sweet potato hash with onions, garlic, and white potatoes. Keck caught my attention the moment I sliced down into the white potato, catching my left thumb. I dropped the knife. Applied direct pressure. Called for a…

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{Re}subscribe, Unsubscribe, Subscribe

It’s completely true: we live in a subscription society. At the first of every year it seems I’ve collected a million and one subscriptions. Newspapers and magazines started it all. But now, now we can subscribe to a meal service that delivers all the ingredients to your front door for you to cook up supper…

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{Re}sist

This is not a political post. Sorry, not sorry. Yet, tonight I felt like writing my senators to express my opinion about something. I felt I needed to act. I used Resitbot. It’s a free service that allows us citizens direct access to our elected officials. From my phone, I text 50409. It wakes up…

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{Re}sume

January seems to find the gym packed to the max. That wait for the lat pull down machine seems to be 10 times longer than usual. The yoga class is filled to capacity. The grocery produce aisle is bumper to bumper. It’s because everyone is resuming. Whether it’s eating healthier or losing weight or getting…

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{Re}fuse

It’s nothing but a heartache. To see people take lies for truth and truth for lies. Do wrong instead of right. Choose to hate instead of love. Nothing but a heartache.  These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts. 1Do…

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The Again in {Re}st

Today is Epiphany. It’s also the first Sunday of 2019. I was totally wiped out last night. I slept harder and rested better than I have in a while. It was good to be home. Perhaps this day spent binge-watching television shows in my pajamas was what I needed to gear up for the first…

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{Re}turn

I spent the day returning to Dallas from my home town. While it’s been said, “Oklahoma dirt roads are good for the soul,” a slushy snow melt means I brought a good portion of the good stuff home. My mom came with me. She’s recovering from a knee replacement surgery and doing quite well. After…

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{Re}sources

A good journalist values the sacred trust of her confidential sources. Some journalists are even sent to jail for refusing to reveal said sources. I’m not a journalist. And, nothing I’m about to tell you is confidential. I’m a blogger, and I want to reveal some of my resources. Especially the ones I’m most likely…

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