Tag: understanding

• Small World, Big Picture

  Our world is shrinking. This isn’t a surprise. Awareness of world events brought about by social media is as natural today as snail mail was the norm decades ago. Yet I’m still filled with wonder when I find myself surrounded by new and different. Growing up in the Midwest, the heartland of America, there was…

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  July 16, 2018

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  being heard and seen, big picture, Chinatown, Dayle Rogers, diversity, God, God listens, Jesus, kindness, languages, listening, monolingual, San Francisco, Small World, social media, Tip of My Iceberg, understanding

• Live And Let Dye

  Tie-dyed shirts have been around forever. Interest in making and wearing them cycles through generations like a reliable friend. Creativity comes in how and where you bunch the shirt and the color palette chosen. There’s a little bit of hippy in all of us. Isley, at seven, made a shirt with her bestie, Talia. Their…

  daylerogers

  September 25, 2017

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  baptism, character, color, dyeing, forgiveness, grace, identify, Jesus, kindness, obedience, respect, sacred, tie-dye, understanding, Washington D.C.

• Below-The-Surface Boo Boos

  I don’t know what’s wrong with him. Snot runs like a stream from his nose. His cheeks are rosy and covered with slimy boogers. He can’t breathe and swallow at the same time. Ryken, at eleven months, either is teething or has a cold. The symptoms look a lot alike. The flushed cheeks make me think…

  daylerogers

  September 3, 2015

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  babies, Bible, colds, exhaustion, flushed cheeks, God, heart, Jesus, love, medicine, symptoms, teething, understanding, weariness