The New Year’s Mundane Days

This is NOT my New Year’s Eve/Resolution post. This is NOT the post explaining what God is whispering to my soul as one decade ends and another begins. THAT post is most likely coming, but this is NOT it. This post IS intended to encourage you to think about commitments vs. resolutions and change vs. […]

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12/31/2019

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Not the Fear You’d Expect

Tomorrow evening, two of my three daughters will don costumes and head out with friends for fun and frivolity as they move throughout the neighborhood begging candy, sweets and treats from kind strangers and distant acquaintances. Some people go all out for Halloween. They love to decorate with wispy webs and creepy cauldrons. There are […]

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10/30/2019

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Brokenness

Small shards and bulky hunks of jagged glass sprayed across the kitchen’s hardwood floor. That particular glass has survived half a dozen moves over 21+ years of use. However, the air drying dishes shifted somehow on the mat and the glass was now in pieces, broken on the floor. The kitchen clock is broken too. […]

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10/20/2019

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“There Was A Snail….”

“There was a snail called Herbert, who often got in trouble. Forgetting that he was a snail, he did things on the double. He’d crash through spider webs, with crickets he’d collide. ‘Till one day, Herbert’s father sat his speeding son aside –  ‘Have patience, have patience, don’t be in such a hurry.  When you […]

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My Peaceful Time

  This morning, Eliza crawled into bed with me. I had been scrolling through a news app or two on my phone after reading Desiring God’s daily Instagram post and You Version’s verse of the day. After cuddling with me awhile, she asked if I was ready to get up. I asked her if she […]

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Growing WITH Them

I took a deep breath, looked a few of them intentionally straight in the eyes, and sincerely apologized. In over 25 years of student ministry, I can’t ever remember starting a Bible study this way. They were gracious and, I believe, appreciative of my honesty and transparency. In the weeks that have passed since, I […]