“When a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease.” Thomas Á Kempis[i] This simple line from one of the Middle Age’s greatest devotional writers rang recently like a clarion…
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“And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” –Malachi 4:6 Now that…
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It is easy to say we trust God. It’s a basic Christian statement and one we believe in theory. But when faced with day to day living it can be hard to live in practicality.…
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*Warning: This is a post about a car wreck, including some details.While the end result is positive, some details of the wreck, descriptions ofimagined scenarios, and pictures are included. This is not a fun post…
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I am living on borrowed time. It’s a truth I don’t often think about, and which hit me as I fought my way home from an unexpectedly long shift in a terrible mood. Have you…
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If I could have one superpower, I might make it the power of Externavision™ (not really trademarked, just in case you were wondering). I refer to the power to see myself from the outside in.…
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Well, today is a day of not working. I don’t just mean that I have the day off, which is fantastic, but the TV isn’t working right, the car isn’t working right, the mini-split isn’t…
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“She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.” – Luke 2:7 (NLT)…
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I feel my heart swell as I listen to the masterful song “From Now On” on the soundtrack to Greatest Showman, and my brain wonders why. Here it is… The song consists almost entirely of…
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I’ve become increasingly aware of an alarming trend of what would best be described as a disdainful and rude attitude toward others in settings where disagreement arises. This is something I see in both my…
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