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When I was baptized at age 38, I thought I would change immediately for the better as a result of my choice to become a Christian: I would always be patient...
Read MoreThe day after my father died, I took my 86-year-old mother to buy groceries. The store was very crowded with people in a hurry. On our way to the checkout counter,...
Read MoreRecently I had the opportunity to explore Yellowstone National Park with a small group of educators. One evening, as we walked single-file through dense woods, one of the guides signaled for...
Read MoreCurious, four-year-old Sarah peeped around the open door of the vestry where some of us sat chatting, waiting for the pre-church prayer meeting to begin. Suddenly her face lit up with...
Read MoreAfter my wife of 60 years died in October 2016, I began reading several books about how to handle grief. One story from a medical center indicated that shedding tears is...
Read MoreHarvesting wild blackberries is not easy. They ripen in the heat of the summer in places with little shade. If you don’t go out when they are ripe, you won’t find...
Read MoreWhen I stop to think about it, one of my favorite psalms can also feel a bit scary. In Psalm 139, David talks about how God sees everything and is everywhere....
Read MoreDuring a difficult time in my life I received an insight contained in the reading above from Jeremiah: “‘I know the plans I have for you,’” declares the Lord, ‘plans to...
Read MoreOne day when my daughter Penelope was a toddler, we were hosting a family gathering. Penelope was playing with her cousins in a noisy room, crowded with relatives. Penelope is a...
Read MoreMy mom was the only child born to a 13-year-old single mother in the 1930s. She grew up poor and feeling unloved. My mom was an angry woman who didn’t appear...
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