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Spiritual Dyslexia

Which Way do we Go?

Several years ago, I attended a professional development event at a nearby school district.  As heads of the math and social studies departments, respectively, my best friend Darbi and I were chosen as part of the team that was sent.  When we broke for lunch, Darbi knew where the restaurant was that we wanted to go to, however, I was driving so she was going to give me directions as we went.  I approached a 4-way stop with many cars waiting in all directions.  While we waited our turn to be first at the stop sign, I asked her which way we needed to turn.  The conversation went like this: Continue reading “Spiritual Dyslexia” →

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Sculpting in the Storm

In the Hands of a Master

I am a great lover of Renaissance art.  As a teacher, this time period was one of my favorites to cover in my upper-level elective class.  I focused almost exclusively on 44 pieces I had chosen to weave the tale of this time line through.  Continue reading “Sculpting in the Storm” →

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A Great Physician

Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people, (Colossians 3:23).

I am hard pressed to find a better example on earth, during my lifetime, of someone living out this scripture more than my father. Continue reading “A Great Physician” →

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What a Relief!

A Part of Life

One night, we were awakened by the ringing of the telephone.  My husband, Darryl, got up to answer it in the living room.  I was not fully awake, but I was very much aware that it was deep in the night.  Phone calls this late are never good news.  I lay there struggling with the reality of that and trying to pretend that maybe the phone hadn’t rang, or somehow it would just be a wrong number, or some other benign happening.  Continue reading “What a Relief!” →

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Hell is Always Open

I was at the store just a couple of days ago, and a lady in the aisle next to me was talking on her cell phone.  She was talking to a man.  How do I know that?  Well…she was using the speaker phone feature.  Now, I’m not an eaves dropper by nature, but she was talking on speaker phone in a public place.  It wasn’t exactly a private conversation. Continue reading “Hell is Always Open” →

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The Balance of Nature

My husband and I went on a trip to Colorado last fall.  This was my first visit to that state, outside of the Denver airport.  I was excited to see the changes in topography as we traveled along.  We left the lush, green hills and clear, sparkling rivers of southwest Missouri, discovered the endless beauty in the flat plains of Kansas, and slowly crept up into the high plains of eastern Colorado where I spotted the first antelope I had ever seen in the wild. Continue reading “The Balance of Nature” →

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The Lion Inside

Quite possibly the best thing my oldest daughter, Dayton, has ever sent me is this picture of a domestic cat wearing a lion’s mane.  Yeah…I’m easy to please.  But just look at him there – wearing that mane like it’s just what he’s supposed to do.  His eyes flash with confidence.  He’s not the least bit unsettled.  He’s not confused about who he is – there’s no identity crisis here.  He’s a cat, and he knows it.  He also knows he hails from the same biological family as the King of the Jungle.  And so he dons the synthetic mane with pride and conviction of who he is on the inside. Continue reading “The Lion Inside” →

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Life is Like a Chocolate Pie

The year my mother and brother died, we decided to have a big ole family Christmas at my parents’ house.  Everyone would be there from my mom’s side of the family.  We even decided to draw names and exchange gifts.  My mom and brother had only died 23 days apart from each other.  It started in October, so we were all still very raw and pretty much going through life like zombies. Continue reading “Life is Like a Chocolate Pie” →

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