Category: Faith
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Why Does Christmas Have to Change?
For nearly two decades, it seemed that every Christmas followed the same holiday-loving rituals. Our Christmas Eve celebrations became traditions of eating out, gift exchanges, and midnight worship services. Not to mention Santa’s late-night after-the-kids-went-to-sleep adventures of putting bicycles or dollhouses together. With our five children, Christmas Day routines resounded with the tearing sounds of…
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Paris Panties and Prague Pajamas
Relax. This is not a blog post about Parisian or Czech fashion. But I did get your attention, right? My wife and I just returned from one of those Viking River cruises through the heart of Europe. We flew into Paris and out of Prague spending nine days cruising the Rivers and visiting the Christmas…
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Lessons of the Holy Ache
Have you ever had a desire that nothing on this earth could satisfy? Have you ever suffered a pain or a loss that nothing in this world could console? In 2011, I experienced such grief when I lost my wife to cancer. I eventually called this pain a Holy Ache. More about that later. Surveying…
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Identity Theft
One of the most annoying and upsetting threats today is what is known as identity theft. Someone “steals” your identity and uses it to make fraudulent purchases in your name. As frustrating as that is, it occurs to me that another form of identity theft is taking place. There is a verse in Exodus 3:14…
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Signs of Growing Old
I don’t feel old. Correction: I used not to feel old. Now, I only feel my age on days that end in Y. I should have seen it coming. There were ample signs. Some were subtle, others were less so — like a ball peen hammer upside the head. Well duh! Of course, you feel…
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Who Makes the Dirt?
You should have seen their faces. Years ago, during lunch with several of my business peers, I confessed to doing something I had never done before…I made dirt. Eyebrows raised, glances exchanged, finally, one of the managers remarked, “Isn’t that God’s job?” Well, it used to be, I reasoned. I explained my wife’s current…
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Living in the Land of Absurdia
I have been having hallucinations recently. I would call them nightmares, but they are occurring at all times of the day and night. And the frequency is increasing. I have the strange sense of being transported to a different time and place where I no longer live in the Land of the Free and the…
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The Things I Ponder
It’s not often I have the opportunity to visit the beach. But a recent family vacation provided ample time to enjoy the grandkids and some quiet reflective time on the sandy shore. I love the sounds of the beach — the rhythmic crashing of waves, the whispers of the surging tide as it ebbs…
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Confessions of a Multi-Tasker
I had an “aha” moment recently. I realized I am a slave to efficiency. Yes, I delight in multi-tasking, taking pride in checking items off my to-do list, and embracing impatience as a motivator to get things done. I rationalize that I am just someone with a need for speed when it comes to…
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Bless Me Mommy One More Time
When my children were young, my wife and I started a tradition of blessing them each night when they went to bed. After prayers, we would make the sign of the cross on their foreheads, praying all the while that the Holy Spirit would protect them and that the seeds of God’s love and truth…
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