Just sifting through the noise.
Tonight’s dinner started like any other, with a sigh and the familiar question: What is on the menu? I hate waste, and there were some pinto beans waiting in the refrigerator. I figured they could be dressed up a little and thrown onto a low-carb tortilla with greens, cheese, and maybe a few spices. That was odd. […]
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Some days, you get off work and head home. You stop at the market and discover they are out of your favorite brand of coffee. You sigh, take the second choice, make your purchase, and leave. As you are making your way out of the parking lot, some idiot pulls in front of you, and […]
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Every day, I take time to sit before my computer and write. It is becoming a habit, putting words down to help wake up my mind. Sometimes it is morning, and sometimes it is late afternoon. I work the night shift three nights a week, so the hours of the day can become confusing. I […]
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Hey, y’all. Have you noticed that people have not changed nearly as much as we like to think? In the 1960s and early 1970s, people rebelled against authority, challenged the government, questioned old customs, and helped usher in what became known as the free-love generation. Sound familiar? Look around today. People are once again rebelling […]
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Ebed-Melech shows us that even those who stand outside of “preferred teachings” will be noticed by God. This can be missed or even ignored by those of us who consider others outside our faith to be “less than.” As we grow older, a few things become true. The senior members of our families begin to […]
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Oh, Jonah. What a hard man you seem to be, so determined to draw the heat away from yourself and aim it toward another. Yet I am not inside Jonah’s mind. I cannot know every thought that moved through him. From where I stand, however, it looks very much like deflection. And then the mirror […]
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Jezebel’s story is found primarily in 1 Kings 16–21, with her death recorded in 2 Kings 9. She enters the biblical account as the wife of King Ahab, one of Israel’s most corrupt kings. First Kings 16:30 says Ahab “did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.” Jezebel […]
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The recent scare from “Big Salad” had, or still has, depending on when you read this piece, the world clutching its pearls. If the scare is still current, exhale. We will make it through this. It is going to be all right. Perhaps this is less a warning about lettuce and more a reminder that […]
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There is a part of the cancer journey that people do not talk about very much. It does not even have to be cancer. Any serious health crisis will do. There are the bills. In the beginning, there is fear and chaos. You wonder what will happen. You wonder whether you will live or die. […]
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