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This week Keck had an in office procedure on his big toe. He’s fine and it’s healing nicely, but the whole thing reminded me of my friend Eunice. Once Eunice repeatedly asked our Sunday School class to pray for her toe. She said it was healing after she had surgery. Concerned, I ask her when…

I was looking for the right word for something that happened yesterday. I’m still not sure I’ve found it in this one. And, I’m not even sure if it’s an again. It may be a new thing. Reconvey means to impart or transfer back to a previous position or owner. I suppose that’s what happened…

Keck and I joke that retired means tired again. Retirement actually means “the withdrawal from one’s position or occupation or from active working life.” I have two friends who are retiring this month. They’re looking into 2020 with a whole new outlook. No more 9 to 5, late nights, weekends, or work-related travel. Most of…

Repetition is basically repeating. But the root word petition means to make a request. In my mind, then, repetition could mean to request again. As I think about that on this eleventh day of Readvent, I’m drawn to the idea of praying in color. It’s an idea my friend Kay introduced me to many years…

Yeah, I thought it was a fake word until Google and Urban Dictionary. It means what you think it means: to have a successive pizza. Or, to have pizza again. Which is what we did tonight. We ordered pizza. Not sure why except that Keck wasn’t feeling so well and he wanted to have comfort…

Resing is actually a word. It means to sing again or anew. As we celebrate readvent, one of the things we can do is resing the songs of the season. Carols are mostly sung in churches now, but there was a time when singing door-to-door was a popular experience. It’s said to have originated in…

I’m going over my day — and it’s not even over yet. I’ve still got several hours to go. Here’s what’s happened so far. Keck entertained me with a rendition or maybe an ode to butter. I had commented that we needed some for the baking we planned to do later. It was a good…

I cannot seem to force myself to do it any earlier than December 24. Despite the numerous articles and other posts that make me think that people who decorate for Christmas early are really happier, I cannot help but feel like it’s too much too soon. My trees have just now dumped all their leaves…

Rectify means to make right. As we look at the lineage of Jesus during this season of Readvent, the story of Tamar is a striking one. She ends up in the lineage of Jesus because she rectifies something. She makes it right. Even if we think it was a long way around. Most Christians think…