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I needed to speak in front of a lot of people. Individually, one-on-one I can talk up a storm. In front of an audience, my hands tremble and I go a little numb. My brain seems to hum. I feel disconnected from myself. My mouth goes dry. I feel like I cannot swallow. I’ve learned…

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Anne Lamott I’m committed to writing this column everyday. Yet, today I find myself in need of a plan for the days when I’m too time-pressed to string a coherent sentence together. It’s that time of year when my day…

It was only retrospective. Until today. Only memory. I saw my friend, Jamie, post of Facebook today this thing called the Wayback Machine. It’s a web archive of older websites. Years ago, I tried to build a website called, Vessel of Grace. I owned the site and it was a brainchild from long ago when…

It’s been one of those weeks. With so much to do and so much on my mind, I find myself not sleeping well and overly tired. The overcast days and rainy weather have kept my spirits low. While it’s not been cold this year — I learned on a weather forecast recently the cause of…

We’ve all seen the meme. “God doesn’t call the qualified. He qualifies the called.” Or: “God doesn’t call the equipped. He equips the called.” While I don’t know who first said this, I can recognize truth when I see it. It’s actually a twist on scripture. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do…

I awoke this morning with the first verse of my favorite hymn playing in my head. Come, Thou Fount of every blessingTune my heart to sing Thy graceStreams of mercy, never ceasingCall for songs of loudest praiseTeach me some melodious sonnetSung by flaming tongues abovePraise the mount, I’m fixed upon itMount of Thy redeeming love…

I’m not really a believer in my ability to change things by what I think. I do think that positivity is a definite plus in today’s negative world. Science continues to prove my belief wrong with new studies on something called neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is basically the ability of the brain to change in response to…

I had to edit yesterday’s blog post. The error was to egregious. It had to be done. Yet, editing and reediting has been one of the most significant obstacles I have had to overcome as a writer. For some reason, I tend to hoverboard over my writing like Marty McFly in Back to the Future.…