January 2011
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Is there a Prophet in the House?
Proverbs 13:12 (NKJV) Hope deferred makes the heart sick… Proverbs 15:13 (NIV)) …heartache crushes the spirit. Proverbs 17:22 (NKJV) …a broken spirit dries the bones. “The Valley of Dry Bones” pictured in Ezekiel 37:1-14 is about a group of warriors who because of losing their hope, develop a heart sickness that eventually crushes their spirits, and...
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Family Portraits…
As a kid, there were many times I heard others say - “it must be so wonderful to grow up in your house, to be in your family?” It was, mostly, but it wasn’t perfect. Even if “perfect” is how it looked, even if “perfect” is what we wanted you to think.
It’s easy to look from the outside and think those people really have their “stuff” together. The truth is, they probably don’t, we sure didn’t. ...
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The Residue of Addiction...
She was born in late August 1927. She was the third of four girls with a much older brother. Her name was Valera Christina Bailey, born to second generation Canadians whose people had emigrated from Scotland. And Scottish they were, tight fisted and miserly with their money.
Her father, Abner, was a happy man, the life of the party, quick to joke, quick to laugh, and quick to drink – way too...
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Thinking about Babe on Sundays...
I’m reflective today, not really sure why. Maybe it’s because I’ve been with Paschall all weekend, he’s kind of like my priest. I talk to him incessantly about my past, my fears, my struggles, and I even find myself confessing sins to him. Father Mike always offers me absolution, he’s gracious that way…
But today my reflectiveness is specific, it’s focused. I’ve been thinking all day about my...