Easter – preparing for Pentecost Children . . . running, playing, making demands, moving constantly . . . signs of life, signs of youth. Yet a newborn baby lies peacefully–most of the time. She sleeps and eats and sleeps some more during the first few weeks of her life. Those of us who cradle her […]
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Easter – Preparing for Pentecost Oh, what joy, when I first followed Jesus, when I experienced God’s presence and forgiveness. The sky was bluer, the sun burned brighter, flowers more radiant and colors more brilliant, touched by God’s love. But I also feared losing my new found joy, feared falling into sin and out of […]
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Easter – Preparing for Pentecost New life stirs within me, a life slow and quiet and steady-paced. I possess a new sense of peacefulness, such a contrast to the unrest of earlier days. I possess a quiet confidence that I will be able to handle life’s challenges. I feel a sense of stability and security. […]
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Easter – Season of New Life Jesus is taken up into heaven. The disciples are left staring up at the sky where once had been their savior. What to do now? Where to go? They continue to look at the sky, hoping against hope for one more glimpse of their friend, one more word of […]
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Easter – Season of New Life I’ve been told that it’s always darkest before dawn. I’ve been in the dark so long that I don’t know what dawn looks like. And yet, when I least expect it, Jesus calls me. He leads me. Down paths strewn with lilies, surrounded by the sound of alleluias, he […]
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Easter – Season of New Life A week off while the kids are still in school. I could hit the golf course, spring clean, catch up on my reading, fertilize the lawn . . . Or . . . I could sit on the patio and bask in the sun, away from phone and distraction. […]
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Easter – Season of New Life Common sense tells her not to do it, but something else urges her on. She laces the borrowed skates and takes to the sidewalk. Hey, this isn’t so bad! She glides as if there were no gravity, no resistance. She feels free, indestructible! Whoops! She hits a stone, flies […]
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Easter – Season of New Life He feels like he failed in everything important . . . in marriage, as a parent, in business. He’s failed so many times–and in so many ways–that he has finally made a friend of his close acquaintance. Maybe his friend Failure can teach him something success can’t. Thank you, […]
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Easter – Season of New Life Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow All it takes is rake and hoe, and a piece of fertile ground. Inch by inch, row by row, someone bless these seeds I sow, Someone warm them from below, till the rain comes tumbling down. […]
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Easter – Season of New Life This is not what she wanted for herself, not at all. This change was unwelcome, unexpected. She wants to deny that anything good could come from it. She lost a job she valued. She lost her health, her money, her social status–all because she’s been downsized. What has she […]
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