Tag: Christian Blog
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But Wait, There’s More!
Does anyone else remember those old commercials for the Ginsu knife? I must have been ten or eleven years old the first time I saw one. A guy uses a Ginsu to cut through nails, a soda can, and a radiator hose, then picks up a tomato and slices it paper thin. If only I’d…
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The Chase
When we were younger, Jimmy was one of “those kids.” He had a mean streak. And it only got worse, when his dad gave him a Doberman Pinscher puppy for his twelfth birthday.😳 Jimmy named his girl guard dog Betty, and she was soon a 65-pound menace. The nasty canine followed him everywhere—off leash—snarling at…
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Still Living to the Max
I recently told the story of a beloved eight-year-old boxer named Max, who has been slowed by a lung tumor. The dog, on a heavy dose of pain meds, was pulled in a wagon to watch his five-year-old human brother’s football practice. But something told Max’s mom, Margaret, that his medication might be making him…
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Mister Left Lane
It was 1957, when my dad and his older brother left rural New Mexico and drove west, all the way to Los Angeles, California. The trip, on the recently finished Interstate 10, went smoothly–until they hit the suburbs of L.A. Six lanes of bumper-to-bumper traffic, with countless on and off ramps, was petrifying! The two…
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Drawn to the Light
One night this summer, I accidentally left the garage door up with the lights turned on. It was three hours later before I discovered my oversight. As I opened the door that leads into the garage from the laundry room, I was greeted with a surreal sight: dozens of moths! They were on the walls,…
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Not So Sticky Notes
One day last week after school I found a sticky note on the driver’s side window of my minivan: “Thank you for all your hard work.” Love, Admin. “How thoughtful, an atta boy just for me; our principal must have noticed the extra work I did with our traveling music group.” I felt seen. Encouraged.…
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