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When You Come Up Short (and it really matters)
It’s like Christianity sandbox 101: Love. Right? I mean, it’s the first thing we learn, that God is love and the first truth we understand, that we should love others. So, you’d think I could pull it off. And if you asked me some time ago if I love God, or if I’m loving to …[ read more ]
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I Don’t Belong Here
Of one thing I am confident – my story could be your story. I know I’m not alone. Growing up in a small town, the central message that my peers impressed upon me was this: You don’t belong here. And I didn’t. Strange not to belong in the place where you are born, in the …[ read more ]
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A Beautiful Letdown
I recall the feeling even when I was very young. The letdown. Christmas Eve was so very special because it was all candlelight, music, and anticipation. Christmas Eve was magical and pregnant with beauty. Christmas Eve was an unopened gift bursting with promise. Christmas morning arrived, showing off in a flurry of wrapping paper, bows, …[ read more ]
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We Were Meant to Live For So Much More
Have you ever felt there was something you were created, something special, but you just hadn’t found it yet? Ever feel like you MUST be created for more? You were. Henry David Thoreau, a fellow New Englander wrote, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in …[ read more ]