Trust the Gardener
This fence was built for these roses. Over the years, no one had tended them, and there were none growing on the fence at all. Tendrils sho
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- May 31, 2020
- 3 min
Going Back to the Valley
But the journey up to the mountain is not smooth, and she is still lame and afraid when she begins. There are many times along the journey w
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Admin
- May 25, 2020
- 3 min
Of Masks and Miles
I don't normally speak about what I consider to be "political" issues. But in my opinion, this mask vs freedom thing is a clear case decided
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Admin
- Mar 22, 2020
- 9 min
Facing Fear - A Chapter from My Upcoming Book - "Wandering with God"
Due to the world's current state of change and uncertainty, I am sharing the chapters on "fear" and "doubt" from "Wandering with God."
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Admin
- Mar 22, 2020
- 7 min
Overcoming Doubt - A Chapter from My Upcoming Book - "Wandering with God"
Due to the world's current state of change and uncertainty, I am sharing the chapters on "fear" and *"doubt" from "Wandering with God."
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Admin
- Aug 31, 2019
- 3 min
When Accomplishment isn’t the Highest Call
I am a doer of things. I’m all about the to-do lists, the completion of tasks, the self-satisfaction of being capable, and the sense of fulf
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Admin
- Aug 13, 2019
- 3 min
The Theology of Rest
I’ve spent the last week or so analyzing what I need to do to re-learn how to relax even in seasons of stress. When I have large, long-term
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Admin
- May 7, 2019
- 2 min
Seasons
I don’t know what I’m going to write here. Lately everything…everything except doing absolutely nothing…feels hard. Really hard. Part of thi
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Admin
- Sep 17, 2018
- 2 min
These Small Beginnings
Last week, I was working on a big project, and my procrastination level reached heretofore unimagined heights. I literally lay on the floor,
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Admin
- Aug 15, 2018
- 2 min
Am I Good Enough?
It seems like everyone out there is trying to be enough, convince themselves they’re enough, prove to everyone else they’re enough. And I’m
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Admin
- Apr 4, 2016
- 2 min
Not Perfect
Are you perfect? I know I’m not. I don’t even want to pretend to figure a percentage. I fail – a LOT.
When I was younger, I had some notion
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Admin
- Feb 27, 2016
- 6 min
Truth is Truer in Narnia or Finding Transcendence in Art
I love good art not because it reminds me of reality, but because it gives me hope that there is something beyond the reality I see.
I love
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- Dec 7, 2012
- 6 min
Conflict Unresolution
I’ve been dealing a lot with the idea of what I thought was “conflict resolution” in my head lately, until I realized that what I needed to
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- Sep 27, 2012
- 5 min
Different and Confused
This world is hard. We all know that, though some to greater extents. But sometimes things happen that just make you look at that fact…loo
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- Nov 16, 2010
- 3 min
The Up-Side of Humility
I think that in the past two years, I have been learning valuable lessons in humility…but it hasn’t felt very good. I guess that for most o
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- Dec 4, 2008
- 8 min
Pursuing What You Love
A bundle of appetites. That’s what I am as a bodily entity. This fleshly tent in which I abide is intent on and, unfortunately, often conten
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- Sep 17, 2008
- 1 min
Chasing
Sometimes in my ignorant rebellion,
I chase You away with chocolate and caffeine and television.
They numb the senses, soothe…no, smother th
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- Aug 18, 2008
- 7 min
Need/Provision vs. Cause/Effect
I have been seeing a lot of things and being handed a lot of stuff on a silver platter, per se, that discusses what our relationship with Go
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- Aug 13, 2008
- 1 min
Quote
“To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda, not even in stirring people up, but in being a living mystery. It means to liv
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- Jul 28, 2008
- 6 min
Circus Christianity
This morning as I was sitting in church, an image popped into my head. It was the image of a clown. This particular clown had a sad face wit
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