Again Seeker
In Matthew 23, Jesus rechallenges the Pharisees. One of the woes Jesus says to the people and his disciples reminds me to challenge myself to choose life. Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the…
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By now nearly everyone has heard the awful news about the fire that engulfed Notre Dame in Paris today. In 2003, Keck and I went to Vespers at the 850-year-old cathedral. The service was beautiful. Voices echoed in the tall ceilings. Sacred smoke filled the air. We walked up ancient stairs and peeked out old…
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You know I believe that there’s far to little poetry in this world. Yesterday, I picked up my copy of my friend Dana’s daughter’s book, One Whole World: Poems from the Heart. While I read it in one sitting, Vivian Grace Glazier captured me with several of her poems. I sent a text to her…
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I heard it from a data scientist. He said, “Behavior doesn’t lie.” I’ve thought about it all day. Behavior doesn’t lie. What I do tells the truth about me. What. I. DO. Not what I say. Not what I think I do. What I actually do. Jesus expected us to reenact his love. To behave…
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Writers write. On January 1, I made a pact with myself. If I didn’t start writing, I would have to stop calling myself a writer. I was talking about writing. Making outlines and plans. Jotting notes and then chasing them. I download Scrivner, a writing program, to try to keep notes and write a book.…
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As I have written this blog over these past few months, I’ve fought the urge to go back and revise my writing. It’s been a purposeful refusal to revise. A refusal that I’ve had to fight hard against. I tend to forget articles, insert too many commas. You’d think being an English speaker and an…
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As in refuse to accept. I repudiate what others think about me. After all, it’s none of my business. I try to live like this. Yet, I’m often shocked when others don’t see things my way, think well of me, or flat out don’t like me. (I know, right? Can you imagine? I’m sure you…
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When I get my nails done, the manicurist tells me multiple times to relax. Every pedicurist gets a forewarning that I’m a little jumpy and ticklish. Today, on a visit to the chiropractor, I got the same thing. “Relax,” the doctor kept saying. The more someone tells me to relax the more difficult it is.…
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An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. From: PHYSICSCLASSROOM.COM This fascinating law of physics has always intrigued me. When I studied physics in college, I was a commuter student. I spent at…
Read MoreI received a text today from my friend, Sheri, who injured her knee. She had an appointment with a clinic for an MRI, and with her current insurance she was expecting a copay. When her husband took her to the appointment, she was told what the copay was: $1,000. “The words that dropped out of…
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