Coffee. The smell beckons us. The color warms us. The taste tantalizes us. This morning, I spent quite a bit of time sipping my daily coffee and pondering what the topic should be for my first post about our recent multi-generational trip to Germany and Austria. As the warm, sweet elixir seeped into my body and woke up my mind,…
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Five Minute Friday: Dare
You remember it. The dreaded slumber party game. The one that sent everyone in a nervous uncomfortable frenzy. And quite honestly, the game that made me feign excuses to not attend with my friends. TRUTH or DARE! If you picked DARE, it might be some really bizarre action that would be so embarrassing to accomplish, like prank calling the school…
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Tuesdays at Ten: Humility
I am dreaming of humility… and in my dream I am searching. Searching everywhere. Looking high and low. I look into the movies of today. I see self-gratification and violence. I look in the television and contemporary music. More of the same. I look into the windows of our homes. I watch the families that live there. I see abuse,…
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Tuesday at Ten: Patience
When the kids were little we used to sing a little patience song with them. Have patience. Have patience. Don’t be in such a hurry. When you get impatient you only start to worry. Remember. Remember. That God is patient too. And think of all the times that others had to wait for you. Even now when I…
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Help! I’m Stuck in the Corner and Can’t Get Out!
It was a quiet late summer afternoon. I decided to take a break from my writing and sit for a bit in the warm fresh fall air on the front porch. I startled some wild turkeys when I opened the door, which didn’t surprise me since they have recently started coming down from the hills to feed on the apples…
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