Not Exceptional Things, Exceptional In Ordinary Things.
Why is it we can so easily say yes to big, exceptional things, but trip over the little, ordinary things? Why is doing the the mundane with joy so hard?
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My, It’s Cold! (& The Elephant in the Room)
My, it’s cold. Wind chills hit -51 this morning. The high temperature, without windchill was -14 yesterday (1/30/19). It’s been fun telling how Midwestern temps were lower than those in Antarctica, Sibera and Alaska these past two days. The last time a polar vortex whirled its way this far south was five years ago. I…
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The Mysterious Appearance of Big Bills in the Pews
I haven’t a clue who has been tucking the big bucks in the pews Bibles or why. But I can’t miss the metaphor…
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A Measure of Love: On Christmas Eve (at 1 AM) in the Morning
Whom God loves, he loves to the end: And not to their end, and to their death But to his end. And his end is that he might love them more. John Donne Mom! Oh mom, oh mom, oh mom, oh mom, my 13 year-old moaned. My stomach hurts so much. Mama, please come. I…
