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There’s no again here. That’s right, no again. I haven’t been here before. For 364 days, agains have come to me sometimes by magic. Sometimes when I thought they wouldn’t. Sometimes when I thought I was making them up.…
I’ve learned a lot about rest over this past year. Sometimes it’s a nap. I remember being a little kid and crying for no reason at all. When you’re a kid you cannot always tell if you are hungry, flat out grumpy,…
Chasing agains has been a little like trying to find the end of a rainbow. About the time I think I’ve chased them all and I’m about to find the actual pot of gold, the rainbow either disappears or seems further away.…
Basically it means to question again. Last night, I finished a book that had been on my reading list for a while. It is “Wait, What? And Life’s Other Essential Questions,” by James E. Ryan. Ryan presents five essential…
Reflection is a thought, idea, or opinion formed or a remark made as a result of meditation. That’s what I’ve been doing and will be doing — meditating on this blog to form an opinion or idea about what my next steps…
It’s here. Christmas Day. The day for which Advent expectantly hopes is fulfilled. For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called Wonderful Adviser, Mighty God,…
Mary, mother of God. Whatever Mary was expecting as a young mother, I suspect it had nothing to do with deliverying a baby in a barn. I’m fairly certain the last thing she expected was to only have Joseph attend her.…
The story of Ruth and her mother-in-law, Naomi, was nearly my undoing during the Wine, Women, and Jesus bible study. (To learn more about that go to The Marcella Project by Dr. Jackie Roese.) As I studied Ruth, I…
It’s the Sunday before Christmas. We spent this weekend with our family in Oklahoma. We weren’t expecting Keck to have two days off only Christmas day. As we look forward to some time just the two of us, we look back on…