Month: January 2011

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Jan 31, 2011

“Anyway Faith”

It was a Negro spiritual, “Oh Happy Day” that spoke to me.  In the movie, it spoke to Penny, too, coming at a low point in her life when going

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Jan 31, 2011

They say that about love

Remember now, he’s signed up to sing a solo, the first one ever in an official capacity, and the nerves are getting to him just a bit.  So he said,

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Jan 29, 2011

Eternity was on her face

It was on her face, that brave little mother bent over the keyboard just earlier today.  Beauty, I saw there, and peace resting on her visage. Son number two and

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Jan 28, 2011

Slightly bats

In any marriage there are hitches and glitches that can cause frustration and migraines for both parties. We have been married for 20 years now, and an ongoing issue for

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Jan 27, 2011

Wait, I say

This is what I found in my laundry room just now.  It’s Little in his ultra-cool “DUDE” shirt and size 4T jeans, waiting on his most prized possession – his

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Jan 25, 2011

“Israelites” seek Promised Land, beg for cocoa

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Jan 24, 2011

Daddy came

God traces.  That’s what this Beautiful Project has been about.  For the restless, discontented, fearful, or unbelieving heart, this is the answer; this, the cure.  Finding Him… It happened late one night

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Jan 21, 2011

Of good and perfect gifts (like friends and open doors)

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights…”  That’s what a disciple of old once said, and today, my heart

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Jan 19, 2011

Dear Johnny Cash

Dear Mr. Cash, I’m writing this letter today for two reasons.  I really want to thank you, and I owe you an apology. First off, let me just say, Mr.

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Jan 18, 2011

But what about their mothers, hmm? What about them?

What about Michael Jordan’s mother?  Did she rue the day she bought her little boy his first indoor basketball hoop, the kind that fits on the top of the door? 

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