Tag: hope

• Empty Wasn’t Eggs-actly Expected

  Easter egg hunts are the stuff of dreams. Children’s dreams. filled with candy eggs, marshmallow peeps, chocolate bunny ears waiting to be bitten. The pursuit can be just as fun. Back-to-back egg hunts for the grands made for a sugar-filled weekend. The first with 1,200 of their closest friends, with eggs all over the lawn…

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  April 2, 2018

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  candy, Christian faith, Easter, Easter eggs, empty tomb, God, Greeks, hope, jelly beans, Jesus, Jews, love, peeps, resurrection, Roman Empire

• The Fast And The Focused

  She’s been a soccer player for years. The beautiful game is where she shines. The older she gets, the better she gets at it. So she decided to run track this spring. For fun. Sydney is thirteen and has more energy in her little finger than I have in my entire body. Watching her play…

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  March 8, 2018

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  dreams, Eric Liddell, God, hope, Jesus, Olympics, racing, running, soccer, strength, track and field, wisdom

• I Don’t Do Slither

  I felt it and reacted before I ever saw what it was. While mowing our backyard, near our pond, I felt something wind around my ankles, slithering slowly. My response was not slow. Hanging onto the mower with one hand, I jumped, danced and screamed. When I glanced down I saw movement in the grass…

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  March 5, 2018

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  enemy, fear, Garden of Eden, hope, identity, Jesus, lies, mowing, redeem, Satan, snakes, truth, yard work

• Tension And Conflict Are Real Doogie Downers

  I was supposed to be in Chicago. Mom was going downhill quickly. We’d been told she could pass any day. I thought I’d be proactive and go to help my two sisters with end-of-life preparations. The two of them have carried the burden of Mom’s care for the past several years. Then I get a call from…

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  February 5, 2018

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  Athletes In Action, Baltimore Ravens, Bart Starr Award, Benjamin Watson, Carson Wentz, conflict, Doug Pederson, fear, God, gratitude, guilt, hope, Jesus Christ, legacy, New England Patriots, NFL, Nick Foles, Philadelphia Eagles, Super Bowl LXII

• Best. Christmas. Ever.

  There are no stockings hung by the chimney with care–we’ve no chimney or fireplace. We make it tough on Santa. The children aren’t nestled anywhere. The grands had a sleepover Christmas Eve, and they ate enough sugar to rocket them into the new year. The only visions any of them have is of electronics. Hang…

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  December 25, 2017

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  candy, christmas, Christmas Eve, contest, control, family, forgiveness, friends, gingerbread houses, grace, hope, Jesus, micromanage, oppression, racism, sugar high, taxes