Tag: Faith
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Hunger Stone
Confession: one of my favorite pass times is checking what’s trending on Wikipedia. Last night I found a captivating article about hunger stones. These are large rocks set into river banks during times of extreme drought. Meant to serve as cautionary signs for those in the future, when such markers become visible it means hard…
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One Piece at a Time
The singer Johnny Cash has a humorous song that’s a classic “Country boy outsmarts the establishment” story. According to the song, in 1949 a young man from Kentucky takes a job on an assembly line in Detroit, Michigan building Cadillacs. He is in awe of the beautiful sedans, but is saddened by the fact that…
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The Oak in the Middle
As you approach an intersection, in one of my favorite neighborhoods, there’s a massive tree in the middle of the road. I’ve driven by many times but never stopped. Until the other day. Curiosity got the best of me, so I parked my car and walked up under the expansive canopy. A quick Google search…
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Notifications Silenced
I expected an important call earlier this week, so I turned my phone off vibrate. The call came and went. Later, that same day, I kept hearing a peculiar sound: “Buh-ding!” What’s that and where’s it coming from? It was my phone telling me I had a message. I hear it so seldom I didn’t…
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God Doesn’t Break Toys
The young boy in my music class pounded the tambourine on the floor. This was after I’d demonstrated to everyone how to properly play our classroom instruments. Visibly frustrated, I confiscated the instrument and commented (in jest): “If you break this tambourine, I’m coming to your house and breaking one of your toys.” The offender…
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Help!
You see them everywhere these days, on the doors of restaurants and in almost every type of business, help wanted signs. Sadly, at least in my neck of the woods, there aren’t enough people who are willing to work. The other day, while my wife and I waited for our lunch at a favorite short-staffed…
