Category: odds and ends
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› Read more: Perseverance through the Badlands
Perseverance through the Badlands
I have never been to the Badlands, nor does the name leave me desiring to do so. Originally named by…
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› Read more: Fighting Inattention in a Distracted Culture
Fighting Inattention in a Distracted Culture
Everything in me and around me seems to be dead against focused attention. As soon as I sit down to…
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› Read more: On Finishing Strong: A Tribute to Dick and Liz Kaufmann
On Finishing Strong: A Tribute to Dick and Liz Kaufmann
I wrote this many years ago, but every word still rings true. I have many heroes in the faith, but…
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› Read more: Growing Backwards towards Bethlehem
Growing Backwards towards Bethlehem
In a culture that loves ascending ladders, hitting milestones, and surging forward toward progress, I often feel like one who…
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› Read more: Durable Delights
Durable Delights
The fate of most small, plastic toys in this house is the same: first the junk drawer then the trash…
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› Read more: On Pin Cushions and Preoccuption
On Pin Cushions and Preoccuption
Preoccupied: to be so engrossed with thoughts of something or someone that you are unable to engage in other things.…
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› Read more: Adversity Anniversaries
Adversity Anniversaries
It does not surprise me that calendars don’t include “Adversity Anniversary” among their Hair Appointment and Birthday reminder stickers, as…
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› Read more: Focus
Focus
Everything in me and around me seems to be dead against focused attention. As soon as I sit down to…
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› Read more: Can Crossfit Coach the Church?Can Crossfit Coach the Church?
Full disclosure: I do not do Crossfit. I do what I have dubbed “Mom Fit” which means that I daily…
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› Read more: Adversity Anniversaries
Adversity Anniversaries
It does not surprise me that calendars don’t include “Adversity Anniversary” among their Hair Appointment and Birthday reminder stickers, as…
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