Again Seeker
It is good. God said it every time He spoke something into existence. It is good. It is good, and despite whether we can see it or not it is blessed. It is good. It is whole. It is beautiful. In our hurry and worry and acquiring and working, we forget. Rest, take delight in…
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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 the one this year. It was unbelievably breathtaking. The predawn showing of our luminous, celestial guardian of the night…
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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; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.” Genesis 3:19 Keck’s…
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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 another meaning. The season of Lent gives us the opportunity to reflect…
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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 in Texas winds. The arborist determined that the tree needed a good pruning and…
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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 evening when I’m about to prepare dinner. I’m fixin’ to … again…
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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 people when they had no Tabernacle. It became a feast day of rest on the…
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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 also find myself going down rabbit warrens, in circles, and basically questioning everything. Every.…
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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 each other by distorting the facts, producing fear, tapping…
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On hard days when I don’t know what to do, I recite. The Lord’s Prayer. A poem. A hymn. A scripture. Recite means to say something from memory. The lyrics to numerous hymns, passages of scripture, entire scenes from Psych or Sports Night, Psalm 23, Needtobreathe and 80s rock lyrics are all things I can…
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