Category:  faith

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Jan 30, 2012

Hey you – let go now

I see you.  I know you because I’ve been in that place.  I know that weight, that thing that’s pressing in, pulling you down – you know, that thing you never

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Jan 16, 2012

Broken down, strengthened up

Somehow, the conversation turned to a supremely difficult time of testing that The Mister had been through some years back.  “How long,” I asked him, “was it tough and miserable?”

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Nov 07, 2011

In the morning, joy

I recalled the text that had come last Thursday, “Did you hear the bad news?  He was killed.” Surely everyone who received the terrible news that night thought instantly of

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Oct 31, 2011

Why “story” matters

We’d traveled to another town to hear a concert with friends, and it was on the way home that the conversation took a turn.  We’d been talking the whole evening

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Oct 03, 2011

Valley of Trouble, Door of Hope

Today is Monday, tomorrow’s Tuesday, and I’m thinking of T’s.  I’m mulling over things that tickle my gizzard and things that don’t and what do you do with those? I’ll

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Aug 31, 2011

What do you want?

Heading, now, toward the coffee shop in the predawn darkness, ready to start a new day and a new column, I heard the whisper. “What is it that you want?”

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Aug 15, 2011

Mountains, miracles, and Monday papers

Of mountains.  Of miracles.  Of Monday papers.  Of great, big dreams and a time tomove.  That’s what’s on my mind this morning. It’s column day today.  Driving to the coffee

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Jul 25, 2011

Manifesto of Joy

Job stress, family issues, cracks in the budget, and a mower that breaks.  Drop by drop, the leak begins.  A rivulet forms, and then a river, rushing, raging, sweeping away

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Jul 07, 2011

Do it anyway

When you write, it feels as if your words tumble out into a great, black gulf.  You can’t see people’s faces. Can’t look into their eyes.  You don’t know for sure if anyone

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Jun 22, 2011

“Carry him to Me”

I’d taken off early this morning, chunky backpack with the girlish accents tucked in behind me, and headed for my favorite place in the world to create.  I’d savored my coffee, freshly

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