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IT’S OVER!!
Yep, my friends, another Christmas is history, ready to be packed away until next year. Is that how you really feel? Dare I say, “Not me”? In my world, now is the time to keep that Christmas spirit front-and-center, with the light of Jesus still shining in all its beauty and glory. It’s inside of…
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SETBACK
We’ve all had them, right? Just when things seem to be rolling along, something happens to bring an abrupt halt, maybe even backward motion. That is the subject for today, a personal setback and how I’m dealing with it. Hopefully, there will be some insight for ya’ll. A number of years…
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ch-ch-ch-Changes
Back in 2009, I wrote a post with this same title, borrowing from David Bowie’s classic song. This post will be different, because in 2019, a decade later, the changes are different. How do you handle change? Do you embrace it, roll with it, try to avoid it, perhaps ignore it? There are myriad ways…
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Happy summer solstice!!
Today is the first day of summer, 2018. I’m singing one of three favorite summer songs. Summertime was composed by American icon, George Gershwin, in 1934. It’s supposedly been covered multiple thousands of times – everyone from Billie Holiday (1936), to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1958), even Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the…
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A Long Strange Trip…
Today’s post takes its title from an old Grateful Dead tune; many of you will recognize the phrase. This past week has been an emotional roller coaster. From the terror event at the Boston Marathon through its conclusion late yesterday and a horrific explosion in West, Texas, the national scene has been intense. On a…
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The World Just Keeps on Turning…
With 30 minutes to official sunrise, I’ve been watching the moon make its journey across the sky for hours. Wide awake since 3a.m., with bright moonlight streaming through the window, I’m thinking of two people in these early morning hours. Last night brought word that my favorite Auntie Arlene, spoken of often in these pages,…
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Do You Know Who You Are? Conversation with Kat…
Regular readers know I favor TA DA moments and Special Days. On a special day recently, I called my sister-in-law, Kathy, to wish her a happy birthday. Kat’s an encourager, always one to cheer you on and she’s been solidly in my corner for quite some time. So on her birthday, I reached out via…
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Encourager, Encourage Yourself
Today’s title is a spin on the old proverb, “Physician, Heal Thyself,” words Jesus quoted in Luke 4:23. According to Wikipedia, the moral of the proverb is to attend to your own defects before attending to others. And knee-deep in defective thinking is exactly where I found myself for about 12 hours, beginning last night…
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Post-Thanksgiving 2011
I didn’t do the usual O Give Thanks essay last night and in the bright sunlight of the day after Thanksgiving, it seems inappropriate. So a new direction for this day. Am I out shopping? Not on your life; I have never done the Black Friday thing and Lord help me, I have no intention…
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TWO DAYS!!
I’ve posted countdowns over the years, usually counting the days till I’m spending time with one of my daughters; that is the case today. In approximately two days and and three hours, I will be hugging my Meghan. She’s bringing her boyfriend for his first visit to WI. Yep, meet the grandparents, my favorite Auntie…