A thousand voices vie for my attention. Images and ideas explode like fireworks. It’s a war zone, where everything is noise and confusion. And that’s only in my head. I haven’t even finished breakfast yet. A platoon of to-dos stand by, marching in place to the music of the screeching steamer on my espresso machine, […]
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Early Wednesday afternoon I found a folded slip of paper on the dining room table with one word printed neatly in a most familiar hand. I opened it and read these words: I request the honor of a marriage summit sometime soon. Much love, George. A what? Was that some sort of couples’ retreat? I
I wrote about my love for Flash Mobs recently in a post about Community Art on The Master’s Artist. For one thing, I love the way they seem to erupt out of nothing. The more complicated the production, the more impressed I am when the participants pull it off. At least, that’s been my experience until now.
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Give us this day ourman does not live bydaily breadalone, but by faith,hope,love,conviction of sin,wisdom,discernment,the weapons of ourcompassion,discipline,and inspiration,every wordthat proceedsfrom the mouth of the Lord. Lord, ever moregive us this dayHis blood,the wine,His body,our dailybread. Amen.
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“I drew comfort from knowing hundreds of other Christians were praying. From the first day, we received amazing support. Cards and letters poured in, and the pile just kept getting bigger. Many arrived from friends and relatives. Others came from people we’d never met, people who had read the paper or seen the news, people
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There are moments in this pinball life, as we bounce from buzzer to bell, lights flashing and flippers flipping, when suddenly a hush falls over it all. We see ourselves in slow motion. A wind blows, a curtain flutters aside, and we glimpse for an instant an otherness we rarely see, locked as we are
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Confession #1: Until Luke and Sarah got engaged I’d never heard of The Village Church or Matt Chandler. When people asked about my future daughter-in-law, and I told them she’s the children’s minister at the VC Northway campus, they’d often say, “Oh, that’s Matt Chandler’s church, right?” The first few times this happened I said
A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Especially at night. Read More »
Yeah, you read that right. When Rusty brought Jacob home Thursday he pointed out a small abrasion on his nose and a purplish spot on his lip. Apparently in the middle of the night, Jacob insulted the lamp on his bedside table and it in turn attacked his face. The injuries didn’t look too serious,
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I like the fact that my routine rarely remains the same for long. The hat I wear on any given day is often determined by the most pressing deadline at the moment, and lately I’ve been swapping them out so fast, you’d think I was auditioning for a juggling act. Here are few recent headpiece
A couple of months ago we received an invitation in the mail. It read, “By the Grace of God, The Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda requests your prayers and presence at the Ordination and Consecration of The Reverend Philip Hill Jones to be a Bishop in the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church
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