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Chasing Away the Shadows
An Armload of Remnants
A couple of years ago I gave myself permission to call myself an artist. I’ve been dabbling here and there in all kinds of art forms. ...
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Sep 19, 20245 min read
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WHEN I GAVE UP
A few weeks ago, a friend told me she was working on understanding the difference between giving up and surrender. Of course, I...
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Sep 7, 20235 min read
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MASCARA AND MOTORCYCLES
“I just want to feel pretty! I’m going to walk the mall this afternoon, and I like people looking at me and thinking I am pretty.” The...
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Jul 22, 20237 min read
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COUNTING COUP
Has anyone ever counted coup on you? They have on me, probably many times I don’t even know about, but the most recent one disturbed my...
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Apr 15, 20238 min read
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FINGERS IN THE POTATO SALAD
It was early on a beautiful, sunny morning, and we were going on a drive in the mountains and have a picnic. Our destination – my old...
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Mar 30, 20235 min read
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OPEN THE FLOOD GATES
Every year in early spring the irrigation ditch gates open for our property. The water comes flowing in from a high mountain reservoir...
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Mar 25, 20235 min read
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ZUMBA AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
I’ve always had a thing about feet. Now, don’t go into the fetish channel here. I looked up the definition, and that’s not what this is,...
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Jan 23, 20235 min read
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ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
She was 13 years older than me. She taught me how to dance – the stroll, the jitterbug, the waltz. She sang to me all the popular songs...
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Jan 4, 20235 min read
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HARD OR LESS HARD?
Somewhere there’s a line that goes like this – You can do this the easy way, or you can do it the hard way. How do you want to do it?...
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Dec 17, 20223 min read
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MAGGIE & me
The morning sun came through the huge windows and shone on the worn linoleum floors, glided across chrome diner tables and chairs, and...
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Dec 14, 20228 min read
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WHAT IMAGE DO YOU WORSHIP?
Let's start here: "When perfection is driving, shame is riding shotgun!" said someone very wise. Esthetics is defined as the...
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Dec 12, 20226 min read
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TODAY I SAW SATAN
At noon today……. I saw Satan. I decided to go for my walk later in the day, the fall morning air is too crisp for my knees. On September...
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Dec 10, 20226 min read
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SALLIE WAS A COWBOY
“Are you gonna eat that?” he’d asked with a twinkle in his eye, reaching across the table with his fork and stabbing something he thought...
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Dec 6, 20229 min read
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ROLLING ON THE POWER
“Then at last the LORD said to me, You have been wandering around in this hill country long enough; turn to the north.” Deuteronomy 2:2-3 ...
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Nov 30, 20222 min read
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THREE STEPS TO OVERCOMING SIN?
Three steps to overcome sin? Surely it can’t be that simple? Three steps? It is simple. It is not easy. It requires constant surrender...
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Nov 30, 20224 min read
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COLFAX ANNIE
Ugliness and beauty can take the shape of many different forms. But we can always find true beauty in the love of God.
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Nov 29, 20226 min read
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A KEY FOR EVERY DOOR
Are you one of those people who has a drawer full of old keys? You know, car keys, door keys, padlock keys or any other type of key you...
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Nov 29, 20224 min read
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LET GO OF THE STONE
My friend writes to me – “I really like what this guy says about sin. See what you think.” She sent this: "What it is that sin does to...
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Nov 28, 20224 min read
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MEET NOBODY
“He wasn’t just a nobody. We loved him,” she cried, clear liquid crystal spilling over from her eyes. She wiped them with the back of...
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Nov 27, 20224 min read
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THE MEEKNESS OF WISDOM (Part 1)
"Knowledge is not a synonym of wisdom, just as strength is not a synonym of muscles or smiling a synonym of happiness." James 3:13
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Nov 26, 20224 min read
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