Tag: Faith
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Mind the Checks: Understanding Divine Guidance
On my daily commute to work, there’s a merge onto the interstate, that can sometimes be harrowing. Thankfully, it’s a fairly long view looking back as you prepare to enter the motorway. One early morning last week I came to the familiar junction and saw no approaching headlights. Yet, as I accelerated onto the highway,…
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A Frog in the Well
Many who live out in the countryside near our little farming town have their own water wells. One such long-time community member, who was a child in the 1950s, shared how the water would occasionally turn foul–with a bad taste and smell. At that point, mom or dad would say to their youngest child, “Sonny,…
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Reflections on Future Treasures and Faith
At the elementary school where I work, a student came up during morning arrival to show me a shiny circular object. I immediately recognized it was a CR 2032 battery. “Mr. Duncan, it’s a coin from the future!” said the ecstatic second grader. I gently broke the news to him what it really was. Later,…
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Cow Conundrum | Short Story
The mama cow bellows from the pasture nearby, lined up at the barbed wire fence with her hungry calf and the others. “Bring us some tasty hay,” she calls to the pick-up driving rancher. The other girls join in the chorus: “There’s nothing to eat out here but prickly weeds and nettles.” It’s true. A…
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Paws and Reflect (13): The Rich Good Guy
The adventures of a dog who followed Jesus.
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Building Legacies Through Kindness and Faith
This year when I reported back to work as an elementary assistant principal, I noticed some new faces. As I introduced myself to an assistant principal who looked older than me, and I’m a middle-aged guy, I assumed she was someone who retired, and then was rehired. When I told her my name and asked…
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