Month: March 2021
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The Spider on the Rim
Shuffling into the kitchen early one morning, bleary-eyed and half awake, I reached for my favorite cereal bowl. In went the Cheerios and milk, and I sat down for my daily devotional time. Reading and eating is one of my favorite things. But today I was in for a shock. Two bites in I saw…
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Broken Cookies
“Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what He has made crooked?” – Ecclesiastes 7:13 (NIV) At my house growing up, I never wanted the broken cookies from the bottom of the jar. My younger brother and I had to be desperate before we’d eat them. But one of our older brothers held a…
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“Redeem” For Five Minute Friday
When I hear the word redeem, I immediately think of all the coupons I have lying around the house. At some point I thought they could be useful. “Hey! This is for one dollar off my favorite popcorn!” But, almost without fail, I forget about them and they expire. I find them later, crumpled up…
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Lord, Raise the Gates!
A fire sprinkler head broke the other day in the ceiling of a gymnasium at my school. Water came pouring down, soaking the gym floor and flooding an adjacent hallway. Somehow, the break tripped the fire alarm, causing two huge metal doors to come down on either end of a long hallway. The main wing…
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Waking Up to the Way Things Are
Can you relate? It’s a typical day, until something triggers an uncomfortable memory from the past. Like it or not, you spend the next few minutes reviewing a negative highlight reel from one of your worst moments. Why does this happen? Here’s one explanation: most people’s thoughts trend negative. According to a March 2020 TEDx…
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You Didn’t Know?
The young boy in my music class was on my last nerve. No matter what the rest of the students did, he just sat there—staring into space. Enough was enough. During a group movement activity, when everyone was supposed to stand but he didn’t, I pounced. “On your feet, young man!,” I yelped with obvious…
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