change
I’m not a super big fan of moving or change. I’ve had enough of both in my life over the years, thank you very much. And I would prefer things just sit still and let …
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My dog Woody is a service dog flunky. Try as he might, with all his smarts and tricks and personality, he just couldn’t make the cut.
Originally chosen by Texas Hearing and Service Dogs …
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I AM A LOVER OF MUSIC.
bass, melody, rhythm, harmony, chorus, song
Music is my “thin space;” that place where God feels
so impossibly close and so real that I am momentarily made …
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you guys are such troopers. each week, you have diligently read on and on (while i droned on and on) in these long dramatic posts. so this week, let’s keep it short and sweet and …
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I learned to be afraid when I was 4 years old.
It was a culmination of things, really – that happened that year. My father was drinking and using more heavily than ever, and despite my mother’s …
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I have a jukebox that plays in my head. Like constantly. I know this sounds like a lot of fun, but really this is an affliction of sorts.
Don’t get me wrong, sometimes it can come in …
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And it’s hard to explain how I feel
It won’t go in words but I know that it’s real
I can be moving or I can be still
But still is still movin’ to me
Willie Nelson
This house makes …
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coal, part 3
… Now let me qualify this. I did not sing a glorious song of praise to the King of Creation in a pitch perfect …
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coal, part 2
…So I began to pour myself out to God in prayer. I went systematically down that list and I began to give each of those failures to God. …
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coal, part 1
I would still consider myself a “baby-Christian.” I have not been doing this Jesus thing all that long. I am struggling still with some of the qualities that go with Christianity; things like patience, …
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