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    • kathy: I am ready to live free of the devastating effects my mother’s mental/emotional illness has had on me...
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    • Wes Ellis: I read your column with great interest. I, too, am a “convert” to the Episcopal Church, the...
    • Margaret Hinson: Yea! Malcolm, Would you believe that Jimmy and I had often wondered if you would consider serving as...
    • Jerry Jacob: Malcolm, This is something else we have in common. I, too, came from mostly a Baptist background. Maundy...
    • Sherri Shepherd: Interesting to me how so many children of Baptist preachers defect. Some have said that the pressure...
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    • teodora contreras: as soon I wake up early morning, I talk to the Lord, Speak Lord Your Servant is Listening. Then I...
    • Jeff: Nice mantra.

Butterflies before kickoff

Today, I am remembering what it felt like just before kickoff when I played football many years ago for Clemson University.  This metaphor describes what I feel like today on July 24, 2009.

This post is not ultimately about football, it is about my life right now at 54 years old and how I physically

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Living with the Questions

As I turn 54 on July 9, 2009, I am aware I have more questions than I have answers.

When I was younger, I had more answers.

However, now that I’m older I can remember other times of questions and transitions in my life and how God has helped me to survive and thrive through

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