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Beyond the Finite Universe.
You once asked me if I felt accomplishedto think on it nowgreying beardcrows feet growing each passing yearI am not wiser because of timeI have not become more or found the secrets to this lifeI am still its studentand I have much to learn. The drive for accomplishment is a loud clanging band of one […]
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Urban Bedouins (Prose of truth)
There is a peculiar smell associated with packing tape. Boxes with “this side up” stamped on the sides, brown and crisp all stacked up in neat lines. This is what we are good at. The professional packer. The seasoned traveler that gets “the itch” after two Christmases have passed. We are chameleons at adapting to […]
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Revealing All of Our Embarrassing Sins…
“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” -John 4:29 Imagine experiencing this. Someone knows you, I mean knows you thoroughly. All of your mistakes, your failures, and your deepest, darkest secrets. Can you imagine the shame and embarrassment? I can. Some of us would be absolutely […]
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Retrospect & life.
you once asked me, with a hint of frustration,what you were good at. If I could only answer that in but a simple sentencebutI cannot. The book I would have to write to explain all the thingsthat you dowould be immense. It is not about being goodbut in your caseyou exceedthose boundaries and for that […]
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After Midnight
When you drifted off to sleep the other nightI was wide awake. I heard the deep melody of your breathing and I was jealous. My heart was still racing still clanging aroundtrying to catch my thoughtsas they drove flatout foot on the gas pedal. so many what-ifs and careening plotlines filledthe spaces between my ears […]
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Calling Out To God – A devotional.
“…The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; he hears their cry and saves them. The Lord watches over all who love Him…” Psalm 145:18-20 (NIV) A few years ago I had the tremendous opportunity to […]
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Hatred of Waiting (a Psalm/Poem)
I keep my foot on the accelerator peddle. I am impatient. I am anxious. I am agitated. I want my prayers answered. Not an hour from nowor a day from nowor a month from nownow. I want to go fast My heart is racingI am out of the starting blockswithout much thoughtonly with the notion […]
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“The Phone Call”
Conversations with my “Grampa”. My grandfather called me the other day. Me at the gas station, getting ready to tackle a busy day at work, my mind on many, many things. Whenever my phone rings and I see his name on the caller ID, I answer the call no matter what. Now in his nineties, […]
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The Gift More Expensive Than I Deserve…
“…What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” Psalm 8:4. Do you know that about God’s love? Most of you would answer, “why, yes of course I do!” But, what if I asked you, “do you personally know God’s love?” Does that change the dynamics of this […]
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Worry and the Seconds it Adds…(A Meditation)
This past Sunday, the message that was preached was meant for me. It is cliche I know, but nonetheless, that passage in Matthew chapter 6 when Jesus talks about worry was like an arrow striking its mark. And I was the intended target. The Pastor could not have known. No one else around me, save […]
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