365 Agains
{Re} flect Light
This post was originally published on November 28, 2016 following the supermoon. During this season of Lent, reflection is what it’s all about. Enjoy a repeat. It won’t happen again until 2034. A supermoon as close as…
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{Re}member
All we are is dust in the wind. It’s true. Whether Kansas penned the words or not. Dust. To dust we’ll return. By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken;…
{Re}ly
Gentle Shepherd come and lead us,For we need you to help us find our way.Gentle Shepherd come and feed us,For we need your strength from day to day.There’s no other we can turn to,Who can help us face another day.Gentle…
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{Re}pent
As we begin Lent — I want to start here on Ash Wednesday with one of the key ideas, repentance. The word repent means: “to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life.” Yet, I would like to explore…
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{Re}fertilize
Last year the arborist came and looked at our 100-year-old pecan tree in the backyard. It had been dropping limbs for some time. As a fruit tree, a pecan is sometimes brittle and large heavy limbs tend to take a beating…
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{Re}ady
There’s an again here. Really there is. Yet, in Oklahoma instead of saying, I’m getting ready to … ” we say, “I’m fixin’ to …” We say those words in the morning when we’re getting ready for work. I say them in the…
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{Re}st
It’s the second time in a few days that Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast has come up in my studies. This week, it came up as I was studying about rest and Sabbath. Sabbath became absolutely crucial to the Jewish…
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{Re}search
Writing this blog is honing my research skills. I find myself reading — not so much for pleasure — but for fodder for the blog. It’s always hungry, always looking for content, a pure protein diet that needs meal prep. I…
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{Re}volve
This week, I read a story on Facebook that threw red flags for me. I did a little research myself. After I did, I was disappointed in the post and even a little bit in a few of my “friends.” You see it pitted us against…