“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.” –Helen Keller This isn’t something I planned to write about. In fact, when it comes to avoiding struggle, I’d like to maintain my silence and let the subject pass right by. There are probably plenty of other things equally valuable I could choose.
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“How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to. Then you push back your sleeves and start … It will be completely awful. It will be unreadable [excrement]! You won't have a clue how it will amount to anything, ever. And to that, I say, Welcome. You just do it anyway.” — Anne Lamott This
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“My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass.” – Psalm 102:11 I’m just back from discussing the future focus of our church with about 2 dozen aged Presbyterians this weekend. Isn’t it amazing how we’re all strangers, even to ourselves? And yet we all have an important job to do…. I agreed to take part because
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“When the words mean even more than the writer knew they meant, then the writer has been listening. And sometimes when we listen, we are led into places we do not expect, into adventures we do not always understand." ―MADELINE L'ENGLE The first task in writing your story is letting go of what you wish your story was. When I
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My Dad's spiritual father (my "spiritual grandfather?") sends out this daily email called "Dear Friends." He finds insight in words and linking them to THE Word, which I find so fun. I thought this gem was worth reproducing in its entirety. He asks, "what can I possibly contribute to the Lord this morning or any morning?" Read the email below,
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