I made my husband take me to see “The Lucky One” this weekend. It’s the new movie with Zac Efron and some girl (what’s her name?) about L-O-V-E!!! Did I mention Zac Efron is in it? Before you go thinking I’m creepy, he is all grown up. I happened to google him and he is almost
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The Gift
My mom has always told me, “Faith is a gift”. I remember her saying this when I was young and then thinking, “Why do some people get the gift and other people don’t?” It didn’t seem fair. As I’ve gotten older I have begun to see what she means. Faith is a gift. St. Paul
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Religion?
Honor the tradition but expand the understanding. That’s what religions must do right now if they hope to be helpful to humans in the years ahead. Neale Donald Walsch Tomorrow’s God My kids are growing up. This means many things. Based on our dinner conversation tonight, one of the things it means is that they
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Tebow is in the flow
picture from http://www.9news.com/news/article/235462/72/Tebowing-becomes-officially-recognized-as-a-word Sorry but I can’t help myself. I need to write about Tebow again. I’m captivated! Tebow is in the flow. (Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of
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Community
I have tried for the last few days to write something. I don’t know what to write. A 14 year old girl in our community was brutally murdered last week. I can’t stop thinking about her. I can’t stop thinking about her mom. I didn’t know her and I don’t know her mom but
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Expectations
Do what you do. This is what a friend told me. I told him that someone said I wasn’t “what she expected”. She said she had been reading my blog and she expected something different. Here we go again with the expectations… When I was in driver’s ed in high school, our teacher put the word
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Lent
Lent starts today. In my church, this means lots of things. There are lists of what you should do, how you should eat, and ways you should pray. There are times you should go to church (many!) and times you should go to reconciliation. The entire Lenten season should revolve around Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving.
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One minute
You know when something happens and you forget about everything else to focus on that one thing? It could be bad news, like someone is sick or a child has an emergency or you yourself have a medical crisis or a host of other things. Or, it could be something happy like you just found
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Now I Understand
My friend’s Dad died today. It makes you think. Yes, he had a long, wonderful life. Yes, he had children and grandchildren and lived to enjoy them. Yes, he had a happy marriage and a good job and he was a good person. Yes, my friend should be pleased that he showed love and gratitude