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Tuesday's Muse: June 2015
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We are surrounded by grace as much as air. Breathe them both deeply, in and out. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Photo by Kendall Cox. No matter how loudly. You speak about God and your. Religious practices and beliefs –. No matter how sound your orthodoxy –. Your voice is a fragile whisper. When compared to the. Of how you live with. And treat other people –. That's the reason Jesus couldn't. To love God and love neighbor. Integrity of faith requires both;. One cannot exist without the other. Links to this post.
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Tuesday's Muse: April 2015
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We are surrounded by grace as much as air. Breathe them both deeply, in and out. Thursday, April 30, 2015. When the simple and. Straightforward ones arrive,. Asking – even sometimes begging –. For a declarative response,. If not an exclamatory one,. We often go into game-show mode,. Swinging for the fences. Check off a whole list and,. Before you know it, you may have. Completed a standardized test. But when the deeps arrive,. Plummeting beyond intellect,. To the resting of still waters,. The fire will c...
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Tuesday's Muse: Praying Up
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We are surrounded by grace as much as air. Breathe them both deeply, in and out. Friday, August 7, 2015. Praying up a cloud. Praying up a gentle rain. To slake your painful thirst. Praying up a quilt. To comfort your deepest ache. Praying up hope and grace. To wrap your broken heart. To reminisce with stories of love. Praying up a handkerchief. To dry the river of tears. Praying up anything but a storm. To hold you from now. Til the end of your years. Photo by Lee Lindsey McKinney. 169; 2015 Todd Jenkins.
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Tuesday's Muse: August 2015
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We are surrounded by grace as much as air. Breathe them both deeply, in and out. Monday, August 31, 2015. Photo by Anne Shurley. History is much colder. Than you ever imagined,. Far warmer than you’ve dreamed,. More dangerous than you ever thought,. Less glamorous than we’ve written it,. And even more boring. Than the latest generation sees it. To be sure, there are many lessons. To be learned from its study;. But we dare not fool ourselves. Into believing the version currently playing. Links to this post.
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coffee with Drew: December 2014
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Friday, December 26, 2014. Your Life in Six Words. If you had to summarize your life in six words, what would they be? Is filled with six-word memoirs by writers "famous and obscure." Here are some of the memoirs that range from funny to ironic to inspiring to heartbreaking:. One tooth, one cavity; life's cruel.". Savior complex makes for many disappointments.". Cursed with cancer. Blessed with friends." (This one was written by a nine-year-old boy with cancer). The psychic said I'd be richer.". Not a ba...
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coffee with Drew: Big Brothers: Part 1
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Sunday, February 8, 2015. Big Brothers: Part 1. And it never was just a job for Pete. It's who he is. Pete lives it all the time, as in the tender care he gave to Susie's parents in his own home, being a son, a nurse, and a pastor to Jeff and Maude until they passed away. I'm not sure I know anyone else who could, who would do what Pete has done for his family. God bless you, big brother. You are still a hero to me. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Arlington, Virginia, United States. Cripples All of Us.
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coffee with Drew: February 2015
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Monday, February 23, 2015. Cripples All of Us. Sharing a few lines from Frederick Buechner's Brendan. That touched me this morning. A good reminder. Pushing down hard with his fists on the table-top he heaved himself up to where he was standing. For the first time we saw he wanted one leg. It was gone from the knee joint down. He was hopping sideways to reach for his stick in the corner when he lost his balance. He would have fallen in a heap if Brendan hadn't leapt forward and caught him. Jerry and I us...
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coffee with Drew: Big Brothers: Part 4
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Thursday, February 19, 2015. Big Brothers: Part 4. My final Big Brother reflection brings me to Jerry, the brother closest to me in age and in every other way, too. We had a few brotherly fights at our house through the years. Jim and John would mix it up from time to time, usually fighting to some kind of uneasy truce, and then working together to repair the damage, like propping up the bent bed frame with concrete blocks. Jerry and Jan are wonderful parents, and Jerry has taught me much about being a g...
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