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I remember: How pretty and stylish she always was. Read more of I Remember We gently shift into a new gear. We leave the hospital tomorrow with hospice care at home. Tonight, we live into the questions. And there are many. One of her nurses from last week stops by to check on her even though my she isn’t her nurse tonight. It is time to love in new ways. As I sit by Read more of Shifting Gears I was a little hard on myself in my last post, Why Do I Want to Simplify? Do you ever do that? I am usually hardest on myself when I want to be at a certain goal but I’m not willing to do what is necessary to get there. I just want to be there now. Read more of Steps on the Simplicity Journey This is a hard blog to write. I am embarrassed. I’ve been exploring how to simplify my life more lately and I read several blogs (see bottom of left column) daily about how to do so. If I read enough about simplification, write enough about it, then my life will be simpler. Right? Wrong. As a person of Read more of Why do I want to simplify? Friends have asked about the process of us putting our home on the market and moving into Birmingham. So why are we open to selling our home on the lake that we love so much? Not long after I built my house in 2002, I was at peace with the idea that I would be single for the Read more of Dreaming Anew “I CANNOT believe you are leaving that place!” one friend wrote on my Facebook page. “Why in the heck would you want to sell this jewel?” another one asked. Other legitimate questions have come from friends and acquaintances since Mary and I put our lake home on the market a few months ago. This is not a Read more of The Grief of Leaving When I was in high school I remember saying, “I can’t wait to go to college.” By the time I was a senior in college, I was excited about graduate school. Then came my marriage, job opportunities, divorce, houses, remarriage, children, and more. If we are not careful, we will find ourselves believing the illusion that peace Read more of Swimming Upstream In our congregation, we receive communion at the front of the sanctuary and kneel (if able) to receive the bread and wine. It is a reflective, grace-filled time as familiar choruses are sung softly by the congregation. This part of worship has become meaningful to me as I watch individuals and families make their way to the Read more of The Many Faces of God He is in his early 20′s, young, and so much life yet still to live. I met him in his hospital room. He had a severely injured leg from an accidental gun shot wound and was scheduled for surgery to amputate his leg in a couple of days. Even though his life was changing and nothing would ever Read more of Thank You God, Thank You Whether we work alone or with thousands of people in an institution, the lesson is consistent. We believe that working long hours demonstrates what good employees or workers we are. We believe if we stay just a little longer we will get caught up. We believe that one more hour, or two or three, will allow Read more of How Much Work Is Enough  |
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