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The stories we tell ourselves

Recently, my youngest experienced a locked knee. Of course, the knee locked on Friday afternoon at the start of a long weekend. Over the three day weekend, we reached out to every resource we had to help resolve the locked knee. We eventually took her to the Emergency Room, with the frustration of knowing the ER wouldn’t be able to resolve anything but feel we’d be negligent if we didn’t go. Out of the hours…

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Now is the time

What does it take to move you to action? Maybe you are an activator. You hate to wait. Before all the words are spoken your feet are heading out the door making it happen. Perhaps you are more wired to deliberate by fully considering every angle to every obstacle before choosing to act. No matter your wiring for action this pandemic season for many feels like a halt. A delay to dreams and plans. I…

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Questions not answers

“When I was young, I had all the answers but no one asked me any questions. Now I am old and I am asked questions but I do not know the answer.”  Attributed to Elizabeth Elliott I was always quick with an answer and still am. I am also quick with a question but slow to listen. I am trying to reverse my impulse and move more to be slow to answer and quick to…

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One small step

As we see what is unfolding before us in a world of pandemic, racial divides, and economic uncertainty we desire greatly great changes in our society. Patient and slow have worn out its welcome. We want the change now. We need the change now. While it seems too trite it does remain true that the only change we can address and effect starts with one – me. Today I am sharing an excerpt from a…

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Don’t be afraid

Even with the hope of moving from stay-at-home to safe-at-home every one of us has been rocked by unimaginable and rapid changes in our normal routines during this COVID crisis. Long before the pandemic was on our horizon my youngest wrote a presentation on peace. Her presentation is written in a thematic religious reading format. In this format, the speaker practices weaving together scripture with her choice of literature to write a speech on a…

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