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$3 Worth of God Please

$3 Worth of God Please
I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of God to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant.…
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Special in a Real way

Special in a Real way
A powerful address by this teacher to the graduating class and it seems many others think so too for this speech has gone viral and the subject of many a blog post.  It seems to me to awaken / jar some of us from our slumber, warm the hearts of some of us older folks…
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Hope on the Line

Hope on the Line
I hung hope out with the laundry, clothes-pinned tenderly beside a pillowcase, a tea towel, two sheets and some socks. I could tell she needed air, a sweet puff of wind. She needed to get warm again basking in the sun.   After a few hours, I came out with my basket and took her…
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45 Things to Live Well (6-10)

45 Things to Live Well (6-10)
We continue with our 45 simple things to live well.  While not an exhaustive list, these are good ways to remove clutter by letting some things go and diving into others. Let's not lose sight that the goal of this journey is to become more authentic, more whole - more w-holy.   Living well is…
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45 Things to Make Life Easier (1-5)

45 Things to Make Life Easier (1-5)
We have gathered a few interesting tidbits of simple things that can go a long way to help make life a little easier. Remember, a few minor changes over time can significantly impact enriching the quality of your life.   Allow small changes to be integrated into your natural rhythm of life - be kind…
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Looking Up AND Out

Looking Up AND Out
A man was walking in a large city’s downtown.  The city was a-hum with activity, people coming and going.  Cars and trucks up and down the street, transporting people and goods here and there.   There were retail shops alive with people coming and going.  As the man continued on his way he saw a…
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Recalculating: Path to your Goals

Recalculating: Path to your Goals
If only life were so easy.  We identify, evaluate and plot the most direct course to achieving our goals and then simply engage.  The strategy runs like a finely oiled machine and in short order, and under budget our goal has been achieved and we are all the better for it as we move on…
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Show Me the Way

Show Me the Way
It has become a bit of a frustrating game with the Lord the past couple of years.  The way we interact has changed and so the way He tends to speak to me has been changing.  It has been comical in a sense because I find myself in a kind of argument, two ways with…
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The Breath of God

The Breath of God
I have been experimenting with video and various ways of sharing faith.  These often take the forms of rich ancient thoughts and practices which have been a blessing in my own life. Explore the idea of breath - specifically the breath of God and how God breathes life into us. Explore along with Michael how…
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An Uncommon Grace

An Uncommon Grace
  The following is a scene from Les Miserables (1998) starring Liam Neeson.  In this clip we see an encounter between Neeson's character Jean Valjean and a Bishop (Peter Vaughan).     Today, I can identify with Jean Valjean.  A person who sometimes feels there is just no other way or just simply doesn't have…
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