Again Seeker
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, sleepy, or mad. Once when my mom and I had a stubborn standoff…
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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 this weekend with our family and know that these people are dear to…
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Rest. It’s what we need following our #epicSaturdays. My work colleagues were teasing me about my Saturday agendas. Last weekend, it was Jane Austen’s birthday celebration, followed by a Congo Restoration pop up, three-layer cake baking and then a Christmas party. This weekend was we went to Davis Street Coffee for breakfast, the Dallas Farmers…
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For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Romans 14:17, NET The pastor’s use of this scripture in the sermon today stood out to me. He said that if we were to use this one scripture, a third of the kingdom of…
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My timing is perfect, I promise. Whispered in my heart during worship this morning I opened a new book today to begin reading it in earnest. It’s called Rhythms of Rest by Shelly Miller. The subtitle: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World caught my eye at the bookstore. I grabbed it up.…
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There’s real wisdom in taking a hot bath. And, rest. We learned this recently perhaps as suckers or patsies. We were fairly convinced that we needed a new kickstart to getting to a healthier weight and spent an exorbitant amount of money on a 30-day detox kit, complete with vitamins, a special tea, and bath…
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I have to admire an author who pens words like this: Wearing better pants has become my favorite spiritual discipline. Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing Reading The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions has been joy-filled for me. Especially when I can put what I’m learning into practice.…
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I’m cranky today. I had to take a steroid pill to see if it would help me with a case of dizziness from my allergies. It only served to upset my stomach and interrupt my sleep last night. Today I baked a cake, made four frozen meals. Going to bed now just seems like a…
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I’m fairly certain there’s a real difference in rest from exhaustion and the practice of rest. I’m not sure exactly what the difference is — and maybe tonight isn’t the time for me to explore it as fully as I would like. My friend once taught in a Sunday School class that she just had…
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Today, I’m thinking a lot about caregivers and how grateful we should be for them. Over the past several years, I’ve found myself in situations where I need to care for the adults in my life. It’s not always pretty. Case in point last night my mom ran fever so high that when it broke,…
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