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hungry
“Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the LORD had visited his people and given them food.” –Ruth 1:6 My husband...
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the boy I want to be . . .
“When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, ‘Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?’ . . . Peter’s brother spoke up, ‘Here is a boy with five small...
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God’s address. . .
“Craving hearts will never know satisfaction regardless how often or how much God provides.” So tweeted my friend, Alicia Chole. I sat with her thought for a bit, knowing that her words are never...
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Lying Down . . .
I’m not a huge fan of the Academy Awards, not because I have anything against honoring quality art via the silver screen but mostly because of the seemingly endless parade of the self-impressed....
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a table for grace . . .
It’s not much. Just an old table with two even older chairs. I spied them alongside Hwy. 70 while winding my way home from my annual run to the eye doctor. My U-turn came as no surprise to my eldest...
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Silent Night
(I posted this yesterday at Joanne’s blog, but I wanted to make sure a copy of it was here as well. ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Silent night. It’s been one of those for me. I tried to fill it with a...
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choosing where to stand …
“You are not one of his disciples, are you?” the girl at the door asked Peter. He replied, “I am not.” It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter...
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scattered pilgrims
They went back home this weekend, or so they say. Really, they went back to the place of my rooting—those first twenty-one years’ worth of soul-shaping that had me running up and down the roads of...
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from doing to breathing and the grace in between
“When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, ‘What do you want?’” –John 1:37-38 As of late, my pen has been silent. There hasn’t...
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Feeding Time
“Jesus said, ‘Have the people sit down.’ There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.” –John 6:10 Plenty of grass. Of all the many facets that make up...
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an unexpected walk to Emmaus
She asked if we could take an extra lap around the ball field at recess. I didn’t mind. Some conversations require an extra lap … or two. Her heart is so tender, so easily touched by these morning,...
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Nine Miles with My Grandpa…
Grandpa and I at Uncle George’s -1975? We drove my Grandpa Al home yesterday. Well… sort of. He wasn’t really my grandpa. My Grandpa Al died in 1994 at the age of eighty-three. The man we drove home,...
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on course-correcting indulgence
Christmas has cost me a few pounds. A recent doctor’s visit and my turn on the scale indicated this reality. Accordingly, upon my return home, I purged the remnants of my kitchen–those remaining crumbs...
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A cup of warmth; a cup of dignity
A cup of warmth; a cup of dignity. That’s what I bought him today. It only cost me five bucks and a little bit of time – a small price in comparison to the gift given. I saw him walking down Main...
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Find Him
“Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them …” (Matthew 5:1-2) This world. What a mess. Spiritually speaking....
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