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what i learned from scary people.
I opened the door to my third story attic room at the maternity home, and I welcomed her in. She was probably around 7 months pregnant and one of the scariest people I’d ever met. I offered her the oversized chair and popped up on the window seat. Then it came. Like fire out her […]
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What I learned when the beggar on the corner had a name.
It was just like a normal Sunday. The service ended, and we went up front to pray for people. The second or third person I prayed for was a middle aged normal looking man. He had gray hair, tall, normal build, and very normal clothes. Normal, everything about the man seemed normal. He extended his […]
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why i loved today…
Today was one of those days where you can leave your windows open ALL day. where indoor and outdoor space become one. where you can hear your neighbors coming and going or the boy next door playing basketball. Today was one of those days where I didn’t leave the house ALL day. where I put […]
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4 ways to keep the peace…
During my first semester of college I took 18 hours, despite the fact that the guidance counselor told me that 12 was normal. I remember the first few days as the syllabus began to stack up feeling so in over my head. Time went on and I got into the swing of things and made […]
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Risk & Authority
As I sit in my office/guest room I can hear the sounds of ash hitting the window. I look outside and see the leaves of our pear tree and the palms across the street rustle in the wind. We just drove home from Oregon, and I was the closest I have ever been to a raging […]
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ABUNDANCE in the desert.
Do we allow him to satisfy us in all times? Do we truly believe He is enough to anchor our souls in the valley of the shadow of death? That if we never got another thing, saw another dream come true, or achieved our next goal, we could still live a fully satisfied life. Successful […]
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pointless Christianity
This morning I am meditating on Isaiah 58, I especially love verse 11, but the verses around it are so revealing of our purposes as followers of Christ. I read several versions, but for this passage I really enjoy the message version. Yesterday in a church service I was thinking about how sometimes as believers […]
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Trust and Buck the Rastafarian
For those of you who don’t know in 2008, I joined a house of prayer in Washington DC. We lived on the southeast side of town. If you don’t know the DC metro area, the people that do are all picking up their chins off the floor right now. I took Chuck by there last […]
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the BIG 3-0
I turned 30 this week. That feels unreal. My oldest brother is 11.5 years older than me. (That makes him 41.5 for those of you who love math.) I told him when I was about umm, 18 that he would turn 40 before I turned 30. He loved that. 🙂 I found a baby […]
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tony’s desk part II
If you haven’t read my first post about tony’s desk, please start here- https://seasonsofgrace.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/tonys-desk-a-tale-from-year-one/ Now that you are acquainted with Tony’s desk, I want you to share in the excitement of the makeover. I learned a couple more things about Tony since my first post… 1. I think Tony may or may not have been […]