A break

Just for a day. But Paul will fill in very well: Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into […]

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holy sleep

Everyone I know is tired. It could be me making them tired, but I am sure that I am not the center of everyone’s universe, the cause of everyone’s fatigue. All of us need rest. All of us don’t get it. All of us are pushing, are working, are responding, are struggling, are trying. All […]

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everyday life

Stories take words and breaths and turn them into walls our egos crash into, and overstuffed chairs our souls rest in, and kitchen chairs where our hearts linger over coffee and donuts. Stories teach best when they take the familiar to illustrate the unfamiliar. If your grandfather sat in a kitchen chair, lit at night […]

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outside

I like inside. Outside is okay, I guess, but I like inside. Fewer bugs. Easier to read. Closer to the coffee. Easier to control who gets close. Wait.  Say that again? Easier to control who gets close? That’s what I thought you said.  Did you mean to say that? Um, I’m not sure. It just […]

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more than biology

Jesus is teaching. He gets company. He keeps teaching. The company waits. It seems like a good strategy, to not be interrupted, to be polite to the people you are with. I would probably be more polite if I had that kind of focus on the people with whom I am talking. I try. I […]

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