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Apr 17, 2014

The Prayer That Will Get His Attention

My thoughts, they are wandering; scrolling; rewinding to a few desperate days in the past. Days when I’d flung myself across the bed, face down, in afternoon’s quiet and wept

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Apr 08, 2014

CSLs could use some TLC when dealing with PSLs

If part of getting older is learning to know yourself better, then I’m getting older. It was recently that revelation struck, a flash of self-discovery, and I shared it with

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Apr 04, 2014

The cross that fits me (it brings life)

Spring; new birth. Easter; new life. But first, the winter, and death. Easter, with resurrection life and promise. Sweet Easter that came through a cross and a tomb. Death first.

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Apr 01, 2014

Government can’t legislate common sense, matters of the heart

It was a story that gripped the world for days. A Boeing 777 carrying 239 souls; missing. A desperate search by numerous countries; nothing. Questions in a multitude of dialects

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Mar 25, 2014

Mom’s “reality show” features wrestling, superhero underwear

It’s a phenomenon that has swept the nation. With few exceptions, it’s one that the Schrocks haven’t embraced. It’s reality TV, and it looks like it’s here to stay. Every

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Mar 20, 2014

When you’re under His care (care-free)

“Carefree.”  I wait. Heart beats sure, throbs steady in the still of the morn, and Jesus, He speaks. “Care-free.” I’m listening; just waiting, for He’s stirring.  God, I sense, is

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Mar 18, 2014

Writer’s dreams include spring, un-dimpled van and clear path to coffee shop

Just as things began to lighten up, it hit. You crawled into bed on a Saturday night. After flipping and flopping to find just the right spot, your flannel-clad posterior

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Mar 17, 2014

Dear Child

I see you here at the start of another week. I see the crease that lines your brow; note the load upon your back. I see, too, that place of

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Mar 14, 2014

What you need to know when you’re weary

Driving along in morning’s sun, the snow’s melting diamond droplets from eaves and branches. And those words, they come for the faint. “Don’t be weary of doing good.”  Turning left,

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Mar 11, 2014

Scales of justice balance out when ‘Usual Suspect’ gets one, too

It was a mutual thing. There he was, looking stunned, and there I was, feeling stunned. It happened at the local Dairy Queen. Inspector Gadget, number three in the queue,

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