Will You Say These Three Words More Often?
Trauma at the Train Table What is wrong with this mother? Is she not thinking or is she just rude? I feel my anger rising. And I should be happy.…
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A Journal Page of Pride
Review of "Learning Humility"
This Scribbled Page I sit on my couch and flip through the pages of my clipboard. I’m looking for notes I took last month on a project. Instead, I happen…
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Make Peace with Your Daily Deaths
—Grace & Truth Linkup
“During every moment of our lives, something is ending and something else is beginning.”– Pema Chödrön Don’t Resist the Flow I don’t like good things to end. And I don’t…
Read moreThe Lord’s Prayer Is More – “Praying in the Reign”
“Then something special happened. Somehow this collection of words morphed from being the Lord’s Prayer to becoming a model of prayer for me. They went from being an object for…
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How Loyal Are You to Your Sports Team?
—Book Review of Sins of the Tribe
Down here in the south, football is taken seriously. Perhaps more than it rightly should be. You declare allegiance to a college team at birth and stick with them through…
Read moreIs This Your Work to Do?
White Savior Complex It was 2020, a few months after the murder of George Floyd. My friend and I were in a message thread with each other, complaining about politicians,…
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