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Category Archives: Storytelling Tuesdays
Overdue
I forgave someone tonight. I hadn’t planned it, but the opportunity arose, and I realized it was past time. Looking back now, it wasn’t a huge violation, but at the time it seemed that way. Thankfully, the distance of time … Continue reading
When God Encourages Eavesdropping
Have you ever sat in worship or a keynote address and found your ears perking up to the flags waving and bells ringing in your head only to come to the realization that there was a particular message in those … Continue reading
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Does Membership Have Its Privileges?
In the mailbox today was the latest issue of The Christian Century, May 31, 2011. The cover focus article has to do with church membership and the rising numbers of individuals (and even families) that attend churches, or a church, but … Continue reading
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An Homage to My Habitat
“You’ll find your happiness lies right under your eyes, back in your own back yard.”-(music by Dave Dreyer, Lyrics by Billy Rose) I have fallen in love with my back yard. I’ve always loved back yards as the private green … Continue reading
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#267- Surrender
“Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright, they just seem a little weird. Surrender, surrender, but don’t give yourself away” ~Cheap Trick, 1978 … Continue reading
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Easter Baptism 2011
This Easter, my sons and I worshipped, along with my parents, at the church in which I was raised. We did this last year too, as our school district ties it’s Spring Break to the date of Easter. Last year was difficult. … Continue reading
There and Back Again
I’m back home, at my kitchen table, breakfast dishes around me and my little netbook. I look out the window, down the gently sloping, spring-green grass towards the neighbor’s farm. The redbud tree is blooming out, it’s black-damp bark soaked … Continue reading
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