Christians are in a constant spiritual warfare. Just as the Israelites fought against Amalek, as told in Exodus 14, we too are in a battle against evil. This was the theme of Fran’s Retreat yesterday. Twelve of us gathered at Fran’s house for breakfast, lunch, a video by Kaye Arthur, Bible study and reflection, and […]
Sep 18, 2015
Furtively Speaking
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You are likely to see them anywhere. They blend in with the rest of the population pretty well and, at first glance, appear quite normal and yet–and yet, they are identifiable if you know what to look for. You might detect a curious gleam in the eyes, or a slight twitching of the ears, as […]
Aug 16, 2015
Starting Points
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Sometimes I think back to Etta Bend, to the middle child in a family of three girls and one boy who grew up there, as the starting point for my family, at least for my mother’s branch. Then, of course Dad’s side had another starting point in Mena, Arkansas. From those beginnings came (so far) five, six, […]
Aug 6, 2015
Hospital Chronicle
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I’ve never known a lot about hospitals. I know a little more now than I did a week ago. Friday night I went to the emergency room because my heart was doing weird and unusual things. The doctor called it atrial fibrillation or A-Fib. What is A-Fib? It’s where the top part of the heart […]
Aug 4, 2015
A Mysterious Life
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Life itself is a mystery. I never know what’s just around the corner. Neither do you. And, we never know how those mysteries will ultimately turn out. Sometimes it seems we don’t have much control of the mystery nor how it ends. Dad’s philosophy was, “Life isn’t what you make it. It’s how you take […]
Jul 31, 2015
Dreaming
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It’s the perfect place. The house sits on a grassy knoll with a backdrop of low mountains. Before it is the Atlantic Ocean, restless, with foam-crested waves. There’s a guest house and a barn for horses out back. It’s a place where anything is possible, where dreams are mine for the taking. The only thing […]
