Again in Rest
{Re}ponder
But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean. Luke 2:19, NET Today, I’ve been pondering a lot of different things. Things I don’t know how to really share. Things that are…
Writing
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{Re}share
Several year’s ago, I took and participated in Lay Speaking classes at my church. (Remind me tell you about my 90-year-old friend Frank, who took some of the courses with me.) I thought I’d {re}share this liturgy with…
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{Re}ckon
Reckon. We said it in Oklahoma. “I reckon I’ll go visit my relatives.” “I reckon I’ll go to the grocery store.” We reckon again and again. As I was counting up the days of my writing for this blog, I reckoned that I was…
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{Re}sponsibility
One of the parables that Jonathan Merritt turned on its head was the story of the lost sheep and the lost coin. Learning to Speak God from Scratch taught me to think differently about the term “lost.” Like Merritt, in…
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{Re}spoon
Re-spoon is a totally made up word. And, since re-stir is also of questionable origin we’re stuck with what I can make up today. Keck and I frequent a restaurant in which only one spoon is placed in one of the place…
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{Re}st
Shalom is a blessing, a manifestation of divine grace. My jewish Learning A couple of weeks ago, I finished reading Learning to Speak God from Scratch by Jonathan Merritt. I may have written here that some ideas were…
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{Re}study
My mom gave me the word for today, when she asked me why, after reading scripture for years, that she saw something completely new. I told her I think it’s because scripture is like a gem, with many facets. One day you…
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{Re}fund
Sometimes life is strange and surprising. Coincidentally, while our drain was being installed in the yard, our air conditioning stopped working. We called the repairman. A great guy who quickly figured out that it was…
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{Re}public
Republic isn’t really an again or back work — but to enjoy living in the United States there are things I need to do again and again. One definition of a republic is: “A government in which supreme power resides in a…