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Joy
An incident awakened a desire within me that still draws me even to this day. One afternoon in my freshman year of high school, I went to a downtown park. The park was possibly two blocks long on each side, with sidewalks, trees, and park benches. It was surrounded by municipal buildings, the main library,…
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Sharing
Our family has a long history of playing games together. Years ago, my wife and I and our two grown children liked to play an iPhone game in which all of us were trying to fly the same spaceship. Each phone would display its own set of controls; the commands for operating those controls were…
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Discovery
Did I ever find myself when I left home to go out into the world to find out who I was? The simple answer is no. Life is a discovery. I’m always wondering, did I change, or did the latest discovery show me more of who I really am? It seems like life is just…
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Perception
(2-minute read) As far back as I remember, I have had difficulty remembering names. When it was necessary to remember someone’s name, I always wrote it down. The older I get, the less confidence I have in remembering names. When I get up in the morning, do I remember what’s-her-name, my wife? Do I remember…
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Doubts
(1-minute read) On occasion, I have doubts. I want to be a man of faith, but doubts occasionally come. I hate the way they feel. It seems so wrong. Doubt by itself is not a sin. In the case of doubting Thomas, Jesus did not rebuke Thomas. Thomas didn’t repent because Thomas wanted to believe.…
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Slacks
(3-minute read) “How do I look?” My father looked up from his newspaper to see my mother dressed in pants (trousers if you live in the UK). It was the late 1950s and the first time I saw my mother in a pair of pants; she always wore a dress. My father smiled and said,…
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The Law
(2-minute read) When I was very young, my spiritual life was primarily guilt. After God created the earth, he established commandments for man to follow. I thought to keep things in order, anyone who disobeyed these laws was punished. It wasn’t personal; it was universal, and we were all in the same boat. Religion mainly…
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Memory
“Does anyone know what I went to the kitchen to get?” Oh, the joys of senior moments. My memory is not what it used to be. I decided to get tested to ensure it was age and not something more serious. The doctor said I was fine. He said, “In your early 20s, when you…
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Controlling Our Thoughts
(2-minute read) “Are you going to wear that?” Every husband knows that this is not a question. Also, like every good husband, I know to reject the first two responses that come to mind. I went with, “No, I just threw on these highly inappropriate clothes just so I could come out and say, ‘I…
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Unclean
(2-minute read) A man who worked in a fish packing plant would come to the Thursday night prayer meeting at church. Week after week, I remember being absorbed in prayer when a powerful scent of body odor and aging fish would fill the church. He had come straight from work; working in that environment daily…
Walking the path 