Are you in the Christmas spirit yet? I am! The tree is up with all my beloved old and new ornaments. There’s good smells from cinnamon and pine candles throughout the house. A few gifts are even already under the tree! Scruffy has a new Christmas sweater, hot chocolate is being drunk, and Christmas cards should arrive any day! Lately,…
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Paper Towel & Jesus!
THIS. Oh! What is it you ask? Well, it’s a new, full paper towel roll, obviously. And I LOVE IT! I do not know why. It’s pretty lame, I admit. But putting out a new, full, complete paper towel roll always gives me a tiny bit of peace. A deep breath exhaled. A small sense of centered calm. While juggling…
How Are You Today?
How are you today? We all say it, hear it, and respond to it many times every day! In passing. In the hallway. Waiting in the elevator. At the store. Even at church. We walk past each other mumbling it and scarcely wait for the reply. And what is the reply? “Pretty good” “Ok” “Tired” Every once in a while…
Savior of the Muck and Mire
Picture yourself walking in the woods. As you stumble over dead limbs, get pricked by thorns, and enjoy God’s nature, you begin to smell something horrific. (And no, it’s not just the everyday smell of Arkansas!) The smell gets stronger and at last you see the source — a dead armadillo. When you go look at it, you see the…