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A Mid-Week Blessing

May this good day bring you good–good that blesses you and others. Continue reading

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Wisdom Amidst the Flames

Arguments, confrontations, and frustrating situations: times when taking time to think first is very crucial. Continue reading

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Cool Morning

I stand shirtless in this morning air,
chill tracing bare skin
in the beginning of this day,
heavy dew soaking my shoes. Continue reading

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Things That Last

Sometimes
I have held to hope too lightly:
letting go too easily
in the long night of doubt
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Valor vs. Discretion

By ten o’clock, we were in the eighties and well on own way to a predicted heat index of a hundred-and-one. My occasional bits of work in the un-shaded parts soon had my clothes soaked with sweat. Continue reading

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Driving Rain

It is seldom in life that we gain greater advantage by pushing blindly ahead, not compelled by faith and wisdom, but driven by the stubbornness of our own determination.
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A More Challenging Pattern

In this one, I am reminded that we may, from time to time, find ourselves in the sublime pursuit of some goal or another that seems to elude, evade and otherwise overcome our finest efforts. We should not forget that in some of those situations in which it seems that what we are trying to do is quite impossible, there may be a simple explanation. Continue reading

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Cutting Edge

With the wind chill at minus four and a scattering of snow on the ground, I believe that I can say that January has finally found us here in the near corner of Kansas. Continue reading

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December Blessing

May you bring to each moment
grace
and peace
and goodness. Continue reading

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Live and Learn

It strikes me that we seem to learn pretty quickly from some experiences, such as adjusting chain length on a porch swing. Then, from others, we can be as dense as a doorstop. Continue reading

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