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Ordinary Dreams of an Everyman

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One morning, when the sun spilled through the front windows of my grandmother’s house – something happened between the drinking of hot cocoa at her kitchen table and my sockless feet pushing off the porch floor propelling me high and low on my grandmother’s swing. My “Can-I-stay-here-forever” wish which every child asks when it’s time to leave their grandparent’s house … Continue reading →

Interceding for a Nation

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(I’ve been waiting to see what class God has enrolled me in this year. Last year was the Year of Redeeming Prayer class, the year before, The Year of Selfless Prayer. I’ve had The Year of Standing, the Year of Jubilee, The Year of Walking, The Year of Living Shalom. . . . I am always amazed how God teaches … Continue reading →

Love Doesn’t Need Permission – Love Anyway

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Loving people and being yourself go hand-in-hand. It took me a long time to unpack what others thought of me – or maybe it was my perception of what they thought of me. I needed to catalog the traits, interests, and dreams that were mine, separating others’ traits, interests and dreams for my life. Next, I needed to study what … Continue reading →

Hope to a Hungry Sparrow

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tent worms nestin apple tree leavesin limbs raisedreaching skywardas if to heavenleaves rustling in thestill quietgreen raiment devouredwithout a sound bagworms dangle fromfamily fur shrubs landscapeby porch steps, garage doorsunder windowsillsleeching nutrientsuntil pine needles devouredlimbs brownedthe high and low siphoned awaypeace, joy stripped how, some ask, in the devouringand leeching – how canGod be goodor true– to let us endurehard … Continue reading →

The Story of the Three Graces

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(I first posted this ten years ago. It seems even more meaningful today. Praying your faith, hope and charity are kindled brighter in your heart with the reading). When Hope Grace was born, great expectations were cast forth, hearts leaping in expectation. Much was expected of Hope. Her sister Faith Grace took to teaching her the facts of their Father … Continue reading →

A Tale of Two Betrayals: A Veil’s Difference between Judas and Peter

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“And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me’” (Luke 22:19). A college speech instructor asked my son’s class to name three people who have influenced him. He listed Jesus, Peter and David.  I would … Continue reading →

Not a One was Lost

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Once upon a time, a long, long time ago when the mothers, soldiers, kings and towns and tent-men didn’t realize just how big the world is, but possessed a better understanding of just how big God is – a king lived in the desert with his family, going to and fro over the sands as this big-mighty, world-creating God asked. … Continue reading →

Designed for Father Privilege

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The last day for me at the community pool the summer before sixth grade – my mom had remarried and we were moving far away from where I’d lived since first grade, away from my grandmother and grandfather. My grandfather picked me up that day. I saw him, elbows leaning on the fence, hands clasped, just waiting for me, watching. … Continue reading →

Blessings Remembered

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“I’ll make a list of God’s gracious dealings,    all the things God has done that need praising,All the generous bounties of God,    his great goodness to the family of Israel—Compassion lavished,    love extravagant.”~ Isaiah 63:7, The Message In the Old Testament, God repeatedly, quietly and loudly, tells his children, “You have forgotten me!”  (Jeremiah 3:32, Ezekiel 22:12, to name a few). It’s a heart cry from a … Continue reading →

The Testimony of a Broken Girl Made Whole in a Broken World

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Wilt Thou Be Made Whole: God Becoming Father Part 1 “Wilt thou be made whole?” Jesus asked the broken man by the pool. He asks you and me that same question every day. “Wilt thou be made whole?” Adam and Eve’s Original Sin What others do to us What we do to others The things we’ve done to ourselves Do you … Continue reading →

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