Again Seeker
An {again} seeker like me chases {re} words, the agains of rest, and repeat events that make life interesting.
I’ve looked forward to it from the time I received the text from my friend, Kay: We’re having a pool party this weekend. I think I said yes almost immediately. It’s been a long, hot, humid week. A year-long commitment is coming to an end, and the relief I feel at handing over the reins…
Read MoreBut Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean. Luke 2:19, NET Today, I’ve been pondering a lot of different things. Things I don’t know how to really share. Things that are important. Maybe not so important. Maybe even trivial. I don’t know what Mary felt when she pondered…
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Several year’s ago, I took and participated in Lay Speaking classes at my church. (Remind me tell you about my 90-year-old friend Frank, who took some of the courses with me.) I thought I’d {re}share this liturgy with you today. Personal Liturgy (The background) Last Saturday, I got up earlier than usual to make my…
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Reckon. We said it in Oklahoma. “I reckon I’ll go visit my relatives.” “I reckon I’ll go to the grocery store.” We reckon again and again. As I was counting up the days of my writing for this blog, I reckoned that I was about halfway through the year. In reality, I’m more than halfway…
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One of the parables that Jonathan Merritt turned on its head was the story of the lost sheep and the lost coin. Learning to Speak God from Scratch taught me to think differently about the term “lost.” Like Merritt, in most of the retellings I’ve heard the responsibility of the sheep’s and the coin’s lost…
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Re-spoon is a totally made up word. And, since re-stir is also of questionable origin we’re stuck with what I can make up today. Keck and I frequent a restaurant in which only one spoon is placed in one of the place settings rolled in a linen napkin. Like playing Russian Roulette, you never know…
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Shalom is a blessing, a manifestation of divine grace. My jewish Learning A couple of weeks ago, I finished reading Learning to Speak God from Scratch by Jonathan Merritt. I may have written here that some ideas were turned on their heads. One of them was a definition of sin that I found helpful and restful.…
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My mom gave me the word for today, when she asked me why, after reading scripture for years, that she saw something completely new. I told her I think it’s because scripture is like a gem, with many facets. One day you read it and you see something clearly and the next time you read…
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Sometimes life is strange and surprising. Coincidentally, while our drain was being installed in the yard, our air conditioning stopped working. We called the repairman. A great guy who quickly figured out that it was the thermostat, and that our personal home repairman, Keck, could easily install it. We went to the Home Depot, five…
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Republic isn’t really an again or back work — but to enjoy living in the United States there are things I need to do again and again. One definition of a republic is: “A government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and…
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