Tag: Jesus
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where is Sunday?
Tomorrow is Sunday. Not just any Sunday, but Easter Sunday. Do you know how I know tomorrow is Easter Sunday? I know because it popped up on my Google calendar. I know because yesterday I went to Lidl and there were pastel colors, bunny candies, and chocolate eggs galore. I know because yesterday, on Good…
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death by expectation
Fun fact: expectations are serial killers. They are killers of joy, killers of peace, of relationships, of vision, of hope. Our expectations kill goodness in our lives. They cause us to miss the point. They blind us to the truth. We get so wrapped up in the mismatch between how we thought it would be…
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alabaster heart
Don’t you love reliving childhood pleasures as a grown-up? Like going to a playground and hopping on a swing or taking a piece of chalk to the concrete and scribbling the afternoon away? A certain innocent joy washes over our hearts when we engage in the seemingly frivolous hobbies of our youth. One of my…
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the hoe
In the middle of a North Carolina summer, a person who cares for a garden becomes keenly aware of the needs of the plants. Plants have two basic needs: light and water. The light is not a problem in the middle of a southeastern July. Water becomes the most important tool in the garden. It…
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excuse me…waiter?
The English language is a fascinating one. Pieced together from so many sources, its patterns of grammar, spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary are quite interesting. OK, maybe not to everyone, but I’m a language nerd, so roll with me here. Maybe I can get any doubters on board with an example. Ever wondered why the word…
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table flippin’
My dog, Timber, is a 150-pound Anatolian Shepherd Dog who has turned out to be quite destructive. He doesn’t mean to be, but between his gigantic body and his whip of a tail, he alone creates most of the messes in my house. So very many times I have panic-rushed to catch a glass or…
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