keeping on.

It’s time to lose some weight. For me, I mean. It has been time for a long time, but I’m increasingly aware of increasing. I’m starting to pay attention. The other night I took a long stationary bike ride. I paid attention to eating better. The next morning I wanted to ride more. To make […]

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24 hours to decide.

That’s the message some friends got. 24 hours to decide whether to try moving ahead with an adoption. And they had no real assurance that moving ahead would ever end up with the child in their arms. “She might not make it through the night.” That’s what another friend heard last week as his wife, […]

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Not the same

When we looked at a dozen ways to understand being a disciple last week, the second item was We could start to act as if we believe that God doesn’t want us all to be the same. He proves that by not making us all the same. I wanted to explore that more. Think for a […]

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an ordinary Monday

Hope stood in the study at the Kilns. It was the study where C.S. Lewis worked in the house where he lived. She looked out the window that he looked out while he was trying to figure out the next word. She looked at the desk that has been set up to look like the […]

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Planting: a Saturday reflection.

Hope and I drove past a bunch of trees. I say “bunch” because we weren’t at first sure whether it was woods or grove, planted by wind and animal seedfall or by someone with a future eye. It was the latter. Someone drew lines, dug holes, placed saplings, tended. They weren’t pine trees, the usual suspects for […]

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