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If I Had the Evangelical Time Machine….

Church brings some crazy thoughts in my head. photo © 2011 DeLerkim | more info (via: Wylio) These usually occur whilst sitting in Sunday School, listening to the teacher drone on like the adults in Charlie Brown cartoons. So of … Continue reading

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Life is the Miracle

  We celebrate the miracle of birth, but the real miracle of life takes years to develop, deepen in its beauty. I think we fail to see life’s strung together moments, mishaps, and adventures as miraculous . But they are. … Continue reading

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There I Said It….

photo © 2006 Stéfan Le Dû | more info (via: Wylio) I wish certain weeks came with warning labels like “SMOOTH SAILING” or “EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER HELL.” Something to give me the heads up, but this week’s warning label about … Continue reading

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Come and Sit

Standing apart photo © 2009 Musée McCord Museum | more info (via: Wylio) From the clinging throngs Of dirty faced smiles Seated on the padded pew. Looking down As the small hands And sparkling eyes Soak in the words: “Let … Continue reading

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Dear God, I want a cow

photo © 2008 Jelle | more info (via: Wylio) Here in rural North Carolina cows outnumber people, so by living here, I have an instant visual connection to “ God owns the cattle on a thousand hills.”(I’m not sure how … Continue reading

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Teaching an Acrophobic to Leap

Hello, my name is Sarah, and I’m afraid of heights. photo © 2010 epSos .de | more info (via: Wylio) I hate climbing into bunk beds or going down stairs without a firm hold on the banister. Seriously,I’m terrified of … Continue reading

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Hope

photo © 2007 Per Ola Wiberg | more info (via: Wylio) Hope… Yesterday began the season of Advent. We celebrated like so many other churches the gift of hope. Hope in the promised Messiah, hope in the future of the … Continue reading

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Why I Write…

Why I Write…. I write to give life to the ideas swirling inside my head… I write to free my soul from the death grip my nagging inner monologue of doubt has on it… I write because I have a … Continue reading

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Speak Up For Those Pushed Down

Monday was National Coming Out Day– a bittersweet moment in the LGBT community in the wake of several LGBT young people taking their own lives. Suicide…ugly, despair filled, and what is worse unnecessary. Whenever I hear about suicides ,especially those … Continue reading

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The Waiting Room pt 2

This is Part 2 of a short story that I have written. If you missed Part 1, here you go! Clara started suddenly from her bittersweet reverie. She had been waiting for about an hour when she dosed off on … Continue reading

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