Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: I believe in prayer
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(Click the image to learn about Blog Blast for Peace) "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27 "Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make,…
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It's Halloween weekend, and you won't find a single witch, ghost, goblin, or scarecrow on the premises…there's not even a pumpkin on my porch, much less a jack-o-lantern. No, I'm not against Halloween. I love it! It's always been one of my favorite holidays! (And I do not believe that means I'm a bad Christian.) I hated when…
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Alone. Lonely. These words popped up a lot this week, in different voices, from different places. I know I take Tom for granted sometimes – these voices reminded me how very lucky I am to have such a wonderful partner, companion, lover…someone to talk to, laugh with, hold my hand, wipe my tears, listen to…
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I pass through bands of light and shade each day; as the sun rises on Long Hollow, it casts shadows across the road before me on my morning walks, reminding me that even on the sunniest days there will be some darkness… but if I keep walking I'll once again stand in the sunlight. Gray…
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…when you hear on the news that there's a shooter on the campus where your kids spend their days… and then you hear he's in a library and so you glance at your son's schedule and see he's supposed to be at his job in a library right at that minute, and so your heart,…
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When did they first move in? I'm not sure. They always sneak in, starting out small and seemingly harmless. We've run them out before, but they always slip back in, with some new, innocent disguise, some great excuse. They didn't tag along on our honeymoon, I know that. It was probably during those years when…
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This has been a fast week, one of those that keeps gaining on you even when you quicken your pace. So part of me says "Hallelejuh!" and the other part says, "Dang it!" because I had so many things I hoped to accomplish before today. But Friday was too fast for me. The weekend has…
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Gray skies. Gray thoughts. Thinking of disappointment on my walk this morning, for some reason… how people who are close to us may disappoint us – our friends, our family – but how easily and often we also disappoint them, with our words, actions, or non-actions. The government disappoints us, like our episode with the…
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