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Dec 7, 2011
Struggling to Serve
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About a year ago my husband and I signed up our family of four to deliver Meals on Wheels once every six weeks to elderly residents around town. It seemed like the perfect family volunteer opportunity. What we didn’t anticipate was the mutiny. Our sons, Noah and Rowan, resisted this family activity from the start.... Read More + |
Sep 30, 2011
No Touchy.
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"No touchy." This phrase from Kuzco, the high-maintenance ruler-turned-llama from Emperor's New Groove, resonates with me. I can't help it. I am a fringe germaphobe, dabbling in the art of knowing where my hands have been. So when I watch the commercial for Lysol's No-Touch Hand Soap System, I'm intrigued.... Read More + |
Jun 30, 2011
Not Unless I Have To
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One of my favorite adult-life maxims comes from the end of the parable of the Good Samaritan, where Jesus answers the expert in the law and says, “Go and do likewise.” I know he didn’t (and doesn’t) mean, “Go and become a paramedic,” or, “Go and become an inn keeper so that you can lodge infirmed patients.”... Read More + |
Feb 25, 2011
Who Needs You to Go to College?
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Let me make this disclaimer. The question, “Who needs you to go to college?” had no presence on my vocational radar in high school, college, or all the years after until I watched the documentary, Lost Boys of Sudan.... Read More + |
Jul 15, 2010
The Brotherhood of the Land
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There is a group of men at our church who mow the grass and consider that to be a sacred calling. Read More + |
May 11, 2010
Rainstorm
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Last night at our house we had a fierce electrical rainstorm. Thunderclaps woke us up. Jagged bolts of lightning exploded and flashed. The driving rain pelted the roof and windows. Then everything went black. Our night lights had gone off. We had lost our power. Just before daylight, the electricity returned.... Read More + |
Mar 24, 2010
Hey, That Wasn’t on My List
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The story of Simon reminds us to cultivate a spirit that is sensitive to the ways of God. We never know when or where we’ll be called into action. Read More + |
Mar 16, 2010
What am I Doing to Serve God?
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I teach in a college and have two grown children. I’m aware of God. I know my Redeemer. I praise him in my daily life because I have to—because I know to. Life has been too difficult to do otherwise. I do more now than I could have ever done without Christ. I acknowledge him in my life.... Read More + |
Mar 5, 2010
The One Person Who Served Jesus
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While meditating on Mark 14 one morning, I almost fell out of my chair. Read More + |
May 19, 2009
Temp for Christ
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Back when we were first married, we lived in Hollywood and my wife worked for a major entertainment company. That sounds more glamorous than it was, I'm afraid. Beth will be the first to tell you. She was "just a temp," a temporary worker, sent to the company from the temp agency.... Read More + |
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