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Celebrating 250!
My last blog post was my 250th blog post! That’s kind of exciting. This blog since its inception in 2012 has averaged about 25 posts a year. That does not seem like very many to be honest. Some years I had more to say than others. This post will be kind of like a greatest…
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A Brief Treatise on Why I like Cats
I often get asked by people who don’t like cats, why I like cats. And I’ve come to conclude that much of why I like them has to do with associations. I think it stated on the basis of not liking dogs growing up. I didn’t like dogs for their barking. Loud barking scared me.…
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I am from….
Template Adapted by Levi Romero Inspired by “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon I am from expensive pens on borrowed time From cat graphic tees and clown figurines I am from the farmacy a honey hive of hospitality I am from the barely living banzai tree The Palmettos a little more alive whose long…
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Love Note
It may appear like the last year we’ve hardly been near. It is entirely on me, and I fear moving might not make room for the intimacy you desire without radically restructuring, which is what I am certainly inviting. If anything of my personality has captivated you, I too, will give you the best of…
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It’s Patient
Patience assumes goodness out of what it waits for. The first descriptor of love in 1 Corinthians 13 is that it is patient. If we were to take a survey asking to give a word to describe love, I don’t know how many of us myself included would lead with patience. But the Scriptures do.…
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Holy Ghost and Chill: Food
Fasting for me ends up looking more like hostage negotiations. I fasted sweets once, and my fast did not include Chocolate milk. I did a liquid fast in college and drank milkshakes several times during it. In high school we fasted one day and our pastor told us we could have anything that fit through…
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Prose: Simple-Hearted
In the spring, it became apparent we had lost each other for quite some time. I had become rote in my ability to disappoint. You had become distant before and after discussion on top of discussion. Together we suffered and our affection caught glaucoma. Nearness and touch gave way to a glance that at times…
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The Awe of Heaven is Mercy
Any chance I have to write or have a conversation to talk about mercy, I take. Mercy is an astounding quality in God. The All Powerful restrains his judgment because of His goodness. God patiently withholds the full measure of punishment in favor of a loyal love for His creation, His friends, His Son’s Bride.…
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21. Trope
1. 5:45 alarm I snooze twice bathroom things find the cleanest pair of pants and least obtrusive shirt grab phones and keys, and leave Drive, work or something to that degree watch the stocks then the clock Leave as soon as possible 2. Teeter between torcher and thanksgiving I have been awful to everyone this…
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Sing with what we Got: Habakkuk 3
What we have in Christ is so much more than what we’ve lost. This might be hard to believe, harder to feel, and sometimes we are not at all able to see it, perhaps even moreso now in this season. Which means now more than ever remembering and hearing what God has done is so…
The Long Rebuild
The Reconstructed 