Month: July 2021
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Willful Blindness
I’ll just pretend I didn’t see that.
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Stop the Bleed
During an assembly at my school, a kindergartener developed a nose bleed. Her teacher grabbed a super-absorbent piece of gauze and helped the child hold it over her nose. A few minutes later, the adult let go and the youngster was instructed to, “Keep holding your nose.” But six year old’s are SO curious; the…
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Fishing for Souls
Bait casting with Jesus.
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Close, But Not Quite
According to our church bulletin yesterday, the first hymn was #407, How Firm a Foundation. But when I turned to that number in the hymnal it wasn’t the right song. So I tried 704—maybe the digits got reversed? Nope. How about 497—because 9 is next to zero? Nada. Okay, I give up. I looked up…
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Repurposed
The road back from life trauma isn’t always rosy.
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Selective Listening
Can you hear me now, God?