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I found the photograph this morning, the one where they’re sitting on the fence. He had slipped his arm around her waist. She steadied those high-heels on the wire and scooted close to her man. She always liked to dress him up in ties and hats and tailored suits, didn’t she? I suspect he was […]
I know when it’s going to be one of those days, even before bare toes touch carpet in the blue of dawn. I can’t explain the why of those days. I can’t explain why those days start all wrong, before feet even hit the floor. But sometimes they do. And on those days, it doesn’t […]
The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladnessand the world’s deep hunger meet.— Frederick Buechner Last fall, my mother-in-law called me into her kitchen to show me that she’d found the answer she’d been searching for. She spread out the newspaper on her kitchen table, and pointed to photographs of […]
He calls it The Ten Dollar Challenge — a way to spread joy one $10-bill at a time. This Christmas season, my friend, Billy Coffey, invited us to carry around $10 and look for an opportunity. What hope might we bring bring to the hopeless? What joy might we bring in this season that — […]
Love thy neighbor, Jesus says. And I think that I do.But in this racing world, have I slowed enough to really love my neighbor? Each day, I watch real-life neighbors zip down the highway in a blur of steel beyond the alfalfa field. I wave to them, and consider my effortless gesture an act of […]