Tag: God
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What Do You Do With A General?
In “White Christmas”, Bing Crosby croons, “What do you do with a general when he stops being a general?” For him, it was questioning how to honor a man who is no longer given the chance to do what he’s trained his whole life to do. It’s a question many have today when men and…
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Some Things You Never Outgrow
A big sink. Running water. Dishwashing soap. Three of the best ingredients for hours of kid fun and mess. At two, Cal has become the roaming scavenger whenever he enters our home–accessible food, toys he can push, throw, or kick, and bubbles. Treasures that bring grins. I store a large container of dish soap in…
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Is It Enough To Just Get By?
It was the end of an era that should have finished years ago. John has been driving a 1999 Saturn sedan for years. It has held up well through more miles than we’d anticipated putting on it. A very basic model, with a stick shift and power nothing, there was very little that could ever…
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When Choosing Hard Is Good
Even when you know it’s coming, it’s not easy to lose someone. Death is never a kind guest. This past week I lost a good friend, a relative by marriage, one of my heroes of the faith. I wasn’t related to him by blood, but his death felt like a passing of the baton…
Tip of My Iceberg 