When I was out to lunch on Wednesday and my mom texted me in capitals…THERE IS A NEW POPE!! I was just like everyone else. Clueless. I hadn’t been paying much attention. But I have to say, I felt very excited and giddy as I was driving home really fast to see who this new Pope
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God Created a Farmer
I don’t know if it’s the “preacher” voice or the beautiful words. I don’t know if it’s the pictures that bring back memories of growing up in a farming town…the beauty of the land, the weathered hands and faces of neighbors and friends…the talk of harvests and crops and rain and animals. I suppose it’s all of those things
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Rocky Mountain Lessons in Life
The people in Colorado have it right. Here’s how I see it. They live in the most beautiful place. It’s like when God created Colorado, he was having a really, really good artistic moment. It’s perfect. The people there know that. It’s not like they take it for granted. They seek the beauty and they
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Rest
It’s Tuesday and I want to unwrap my blessings for “Tuesday’s Unwrapped”. But first there is something weighing heavy on me. It’s not just something, there are lots of things. It’s loss…loss of life and loss of innocence. It’s the heavy weight of parenting and trusting and sending them out there. It’s the burden of
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On all days…in all ways…thank you
Lord, I’m thinking of my kids today and I want to thank you for the small stuff. For the way they smelled as babies. For the way it felt to hold them while they slept…for their tiny hands and feet and for their vulnerability and their trust. Thank you for being there when I brought
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Alone in a crowded room?
I read a review of a book in the Tribune today. It’s written by a veteran of the Iraq war. I read the interview with him and he talked about how it’s difficult when you get back from war and you feel like you don’t fit in, like nobody understands you. I also read
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I promise
Here’s what they read at my wedding and probably at yours too! Corinthians 13:4–8a Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight
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What’s the point?
I wonder, is there a time in everyone’s life when the surface stuff seems really pointless? I mean, does everyone get to the point where they say, “There has to be more to life”? I feel that so keenly at this point in my life. Maybe it’s because I have kids. Maybe it’s because I’ve
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Mountain Climbing
Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon. Ikkyu – Zen-monk poet, 1394-1481 Isn’t amazing how BIG our universe is? Isn’t amazing how BIG God is? As I get older, I realize He is so much bigger than my previous narrow understanding of Him. I