Tag: prayer
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It’s An All-World Problem
Crises are part of life. No one anywhere is immune from suffering. Calamity isn’t limited to groups based on gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or borders, nor is it relegated to one part of the world. These are all-world problems, issues that will influence our lives no matter where or how we live. Situations whose […]
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I Want To Do It All!
“Why don’t you just go to bed?” My husband was being kind, but I bristled. My little sister had just come into town–she hadn’t been to my home in many years, and I wanted to talk to her. She arrived late, and it had been a long day of work and supporting our favorite soccer […]
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Life Can Be Prickly
We’ve had unseasonably cold weather for Florida. It drops into the low 30’s at night, which for someone raised in the Midwest shouldn’t be a big deal. I’ve lived in hot and humid long enough that it’s a huge deal. Even for those who are visiting who come from cold and snowy climes, this is […]
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Gimme Some Space, Will You?
Pictures of puppies or kittens piled together, playing, nipping at each other, tussling over the same toy, brings me grins. They’re bonding in ways that animals used to companionship do. Establishing themselves in the pecking order, enjoying the closeness of kin, comfortable in their togetherness. I experienced that this summer when the cousins were together, […]
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Serving The Minions And The Masses
“It was so awkward. We went in and they smiled and welcomed us. We got our drinks. And they just kept smiling.” Interesting conversation between two seven-year-old girls as they were in our apartment. To grab drinks from the fridge John set up for the kids in the apartment complex. Obviously not used to being […]