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Come together with forgiveness

His family experienced what he called a “come together Christmas.” He flew to Chicago four days before Christmas to see his mom and dad. Mom has an increasingly difficult fight with cancer. Her 88 years of memory are more and more spotty. Dad is stalwart and holds the fort admirably. It is beginning to show, […]

Posted on January 12, 2019 at 12:30 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Wake up and get up

Do you ever wake up and not want to get up? As Kay and I exchanged good mornings before the Sunday service, she asked me: “Do you ever wake up and not want to? I mean, not want to get up, not want to do anything?” I think I was about to shake my head. […]

Posted on January 4, 2019 at 4:08 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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When paths cross, what are we to do?

When paths cross, what are we to do? A morning walk in Fayetteville, AR, showed me amusing, enlightening intersections of paths. The path of deciding Sun was not yet visible yet the sky had opened to soft uncolor before bright yellow against calm blue. As I walked from residential streets into downtown, a crow perched […]

Posted on October 11, 2018 at 5:13 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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It’s like falling off a log

Falling off a log became my idea of how we grow. That’s how I heard the minister as she explained that life is a series of Lessons that provide Opportunities that give us Gifts of knowing and growing. Falling off a LOG. And as I pondered the idea, I realized I’d been having just such […]

Posted on September 12, 2018 at 6:59 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
In: Prayer