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Simplicity
Simplicity An instructor of mine told this story about herself. When she, Anna, was eight years old she overheard her father talking to her mother on his phone about their vacation plans. What she heard was, “We’ll take the Pontiac up the coast (of California) and catch the circus in San Francisco.” What she thought…
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Deep But Simple
Sitting on the deck overlooking Possum Kingdom Lake in the early morning just before sunrise, I closed my eyes to pray. When I opened them there was a glow in the eastern sky, and half of the stars had disappeared. The morning came gently. It was neither hot nor cold with very little wind, as…
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The Spirit Of Christmas
Already the Christmas catalogs are arriving full of decorations, cards, and gifts. While they remind me of all that has to be done before that one day of the year, I also welcome them for the reminder of that one day, and even for all the days surrounding it in preparation, and for the glow…
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The Spirit of Christmas
Already the Christmas catalogs are arriving full of decorations, cards, and gifts. While they remind me of all that has to be done before that one day of the year, I also welcome them for the reminder of that one day, and even for all the days surrounding it in preparation, and for the glow…
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I Must Become Less
We love the Bible stories of the great prophets. It’s thrilling to revisit Elijah ‘s experience on Mt. Carmel when God brought down fire on Elijah’s sacrifice after the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal had spent half the day trying to invoke their god to accept their sacrifice. The victory that Elijah achieved…
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God Appointed A Worm
God Appointed A Worm Resting on a glass shelf in our home is a large pink and white and gold colored conch shell that Jack picked up from the surf in the Bahamas where we had gone for our honeymoon. It is a beautiful shell; and when he found it the conch was inside it.…
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Reunion
When six disciples decided to join Peter after Jesus’ resurrection and go fishing for lack of anything else to do, they were met by Jesus the next morning on the beach. Their boat was empty of fish and they had headed back to shore when Jesus, standing on the beach, asked if they had any…
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The End Of Time
When St. Paul was imprisoned in Rome for the last time, and waiting for his execution, he wrote his second letter to his much loved friend and companion Timothy. In the letter Paul explained that he was not ashamed to be in prison, for the simple reason that, “I know whom I have believed, and…
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The Spirit Lives
The first story that Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine was a true story he had copied from a former slave woman who was his sister-in-law’s cook. The woman’s name was Mary Ann Cord; and the Clemens family was sitting on the porch with her when Samuel asked, “Mary Ann, how…
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The Green Anole
The green anole’s natural color is green, but it is enough related to the chameleon that its color changes with its immediate surroundings. One morning I walked by a rose bush in my back yard and saw a small green anole spread-eagle on a rose leaf in the sunlight. What surprised me was that the…
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