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What Is Necessary?

photo courtesy of Jimgming Pan on Unsplash I’ve been confronted lately with the dramatic difference between needs and wants. There are so many conflicts worldwide where many people are left without the necessary means to live and provide for their families. We see refugees in many places, trying to escape one area of oppression, and…
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Mundane Magnificence

Beaches, with their sand, seaweed, and shells, bring a spectrum of responses from many. For children, it’s a sheer delight to run through sand and bury themselves in it. For parents, it’s a royal pain to get all the grains out of hair and every other part of small bodies. Sand is a small thing.…
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The Landscape Of My Life

How easy it is to complain! I whine most days about how tired I am. I object to extra meetings at work. I’m critical of everyone else driving on the highway if they’re not going as fast as I want them to. I inwardly protest against long lines at the grocery store. There are those…
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What Hat Defines You?

He was bitten by the acting bug that has found residence in his older sister. Ryken, a second grader, was part of a school performance touting hats. Wearing a Viking helmet, he was surrounded by pirate hats, policemen hats, golf hats, and a plethora of others. There was singing, dancing, and lines that we could…
