Again Seeker
This post was originally published back on November 11, 2010, following a women’s retreat at Tyler Street Church. This weekend the women of our church came together for a single day’s retreat. We learned about organic gardening, faux painting, sauces, relaxing, and yoga. At the end, Sue Duffield, a Christian comedian and singer, led us…
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Note: I wrote this back on my old blog, and picked it up from the Way Back Machine. Then, I titled it, Help me overcome my unbelief on January 21, 2010. I’ve been reading a lot lately. I just finished Beth Moore’s Believing God, and now I’m into a book called Fit for God: The 8-Week Plan…
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“I see Jesus in you,” the man said with a grin. It startled me. Jesus in me? Really? I was just doing what I’d been asked to do in a local food pantry that day, filling food orders for different folks with different needs. The order had been mistakenly entered. I thought the man and…
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I don’t mean go backwards or to turn something around to be the opposite of what it was. No this time I mean it as to share a little poetry — again. Poetic license and all. ❤ HeavenThat placeWhereI willSingThe perfect melodyDanceA faultless pirouetteWriteThe sweetest sonnetFly Without wingsAnd moveAs though I am lightThat place Where There is noMore…
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Today’s Mother’s Day. I am torn in half on this day. I have a wonderful, beautiful momma who loves me and gave me life. She’s talented, stubborn, and loves Jesus. She’s my friend. And, I love her very much. Yet, I have no child. People will say that I’m a mother in other ways. Those…
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Over the next seven days, I’ll be away for a conference in New York. Yet, I made a promise to myself that I really want to keep. When I found The Way Back Machine and an old blog, I realized that I never really captured everything that I wrote for that. The number of computers…
Read MoreWhere do you reside? I know you likely live in a house or an apartment or 5th wheel or some other domicile. But where is it that you really live? I guess I’m really asking what do you live into? A week ago I heard a speaker at a conference suggest that individuals need their…
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I love it when I wake up with a song. Don’t get me wrong, I do not wake up singing. There’s a definite difference. I’m not a good waker-upper, never have been. At breakfast this morning Keck said, “I guess you’re not talking yet.” I think I looked at him and shook my head and…
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Reading Annie Dillard teaches you to be observant. In her book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, she stalks the wildlife in Virginia’s Roanoke Valley. As she stalks and observes the creek, she can’t help but talk about the fish. She says she is “coming around to fish as spirit.” The Greek acronym for some of the…
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The secret to seeing is, then, the pearl of great price. Annie dillard, pilgrim at tinker creek I really enjoyed reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Annie Dillard has a way of writing that is by parts beautifully horrific, as in the story about the june bug sucking the life out of a whole frog and…
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