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Continue reading →: Fly fishing lesson
Start with yarn Begin with listen Commence to lake Now watch Make a loop Pull the line It’s all in the forearm Just a whip Nice Now do this Tall young men Students Wise fisher woman Guide It’s not boring Constant moving Scenic views Meadow Pine and Spruce The breeze…
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Continue reading →: Hannagan Meadow In My Earwarm sunlight on my chest cool high-altitude breeze on my face sun-kissed skin cool touch from wind songs of finch beckon in my ear rush of sound wave of air through Aspen Spruce and Pine wings a flutter thousands of reps per second green, blue shimmering wings in my ear…
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Continue reading →: Common grace when you feel like you have nothing in commonI should be in bed but my other half likes to lay in bed and relax to YouTube videos of funny cats, and I want silence. I read Alia Joy Hagenbach’s essay about the hospitality we must extend to one another in marriage. I feel the same. My marriage is…
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Continue reading →: Being God’s child changes everything – A meditation on 1 Peter 1:13-16‘Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy,…
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Continue reading →: Capturing a moment I want to remember
47 junior high and high school students, including my two sons, left the parking lot of Valley Life Church Surprise this morning to make their way to ZONA 2018. Over the years there have been many times I’ve felt hopeless for my sons. I’ve felt the pressure of raising them…
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Continue reading →: 3 Things To Do When Depression Sets InThat old familiar fog started setting in yesterday. Fog is the most tangible comparison I know of for what depression feels like. Life is going along just fine and suddenly like a thick fog at ground level, the kind that happened in Oregon where I grew up, depression sets in. You…
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Continue reading →: Monday Meditations: Matthew 22:38-40Welcome to the late night launch of Monday Meditations. I decided to start a regular series every Monday sharing thoughts I’ve been chewing on after hearing or reading a passage in the Bible for me, and for you. I’ve found when I share something I’m thinking about, particularly concerning the…
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Continue reading →: the war is over grandmagrandma was a little girl back in 45 “It’s over. The war.” her teacher hollered outside she remembered that day outside the schoolhouse also a church kicking the can to play she remembered being mad the teacher’s news meant no more fun she wanted to run she recalled the holler…
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Continue reading →: Sexism, objectification of women and enabling abuse is not just an SBC problemThe problem of sexism and enabling abuse is not only a Southern Baptist Church problem. It’s a culture problem. I don’t know Paige Patterson. I’ve only been acquainted with the Southern Baptist Convention and a member of a Southern Baptist church (that I love) for about a year. I didn’t grow…
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Continue reading →: Wakanda and the King of Kings(image credit) I watched The Blank Panther with my boys tonight. To be frank, I’m getting tired of super hero movies. There are only so many things you can blow up and survive being blown up by. But I liked this movie, mostly because it wasn’t over the top blowing…
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