About a week ago, I was thinking about the 1976 movie The Bad News Bears starring Walter Matthau. The screenwriter wrote an offensive line coming out of the mouth of an 11-year-old. The fruit of his mouth reflected what he was taught by those close…
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When my husband was asked to play the lead role in a play in Chicago years ago, he had one month to memorize his spoken lines, the lyrics to eight songs, and the accompanying musical pieces on guitar. …
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Root for each other. That’s what the T-shirt I was wearing the other day said. I hadn’t worn it in years. The words were written right next to a drawing of a plant with its roots showing. …
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Earlier today I took a walk through my neighborhood and realized that I was surrounded by cicadas. The sidewalk was filled with them. I couldn't tell if they were dead or alive. Some were twitching their legs in the air, others were walking slow, and…
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Many of us have felt the pull to prioritize seeking a deeper, more intimate relationship with God, His Word, and His Spirit. …
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Dear one, you are not alone. We all go through hard times at some point or another in our lives. But I don’t want your heart to despair. I’m in the midst of one myself. If you’re going through a refining fire season, remember ...…
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The coastal redwoods, found mostly in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington, are the tallest trees on Earth. The secret that upholds these giant trees is found in their roots. They only go 6-12 feet deep but extend up to 100 feet wide and interlock with…
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the tallest trees in the world The redwood forest is a fairytale to visit. It has centuries of secrets throughout its cinnamon-red bark tree groves, whispered like fireflies ready to be caught. Some of the massive trees in the forest are as old as…
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For the past several years I’ve been a case manager at a correctional halfway house with countless federal offenders who leave their respective prisons from all over the United States, enter our facility for a time, and exit into society—our shared community. Each individual man…
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I’ve realized that sometimes when you’re doing a good thing, the enemy throws a monkey wrench to mess things up, and sometimes it just feels like he throws a torpedo at us, right? Like it comes out of left field and we’re blindsided. So for…
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We are overwhelmingly aware of all sorts of things. Today’s technological advances have aided the delivery of despairing news from all around the world—tragedies, threats of war, and terrorism that attempt to consume us. It camps in our mind, affects our behaviors and influences our…
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The adrenaline rush jolted me into an internal frenzy. My heart was palpitating. Suddenly I felt dizzy. I thought for sure I’d faint. I didn’t know if I was having a heart attack or what. As all of this was going through my head, my…