Category: 2022
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Badges of Honor
For all fathers… Picture an old general. Dress uniform, standing beside his Commander-in-Chief. Many hours of experience behind him. Battles won and lost. More comrades beneath the ground than not. A few scars and lots of stories. Years spent in the field, preparing for and occasionally facing the enemy. See him standing there, head held…
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The Problem Solvers
Once in a while my life intersects with a special kind of person. I’m not sure what to call the quality that I find in these people. Self-discipline maybe. Patience? Yes. Tenacity? Some of that for sure. I suppose the reason they make an impression on me is because of the simple fact that they…
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The Eyes
The eyes tell us what’s inside. What’s behind the eyes will show through them. There is no hiding behind those windows, for that is what they are. Windows that can’t be shuttered or tinted, although a lot of people try. Look someone in the eyes, and you will rarely, if ever, misunderstand their intent. I…
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Dimensions
A couple of days ago we found ourselves eating a packed lunch with some friends in a grassy park. The sun warmed our backs. A gentle breeze freshened the air. The grass was a vibrant green, the sky a brilliant blue, and the mountains clear and awesome in the distance. For a few short minutes,…
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Bridges
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap… Ezekiel 22:30 How many times in the last forty years have I came to a split in the road? I don’t mean a place where one road became two, and I was forced to choose between…
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Steps
I’m a carpenter. I’m also very independent. I don’t mind working alone. Sometimes I agree to projects that really need a congregational workday to do properly. When I get involved with something of this sort, something that is a lot bigger than me, there is always a lesson to be learned. Quite a few years…
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Homecoming
Dedicated to all of you who have someone you love on the other side of the door… The very best time of the day comes around 6:00 in the evening. Especially on days that have been physically exhausting. Days that I spent away from the family. Taking care of customers, fulfilling contracts, providing a service,…
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Darkness and Singing
…Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; Job 35:10 There’s a place in Northwestern Oklahoma called Alabaster Caverns State Park. I haven’t been there for about 25 years so don’t expect me to get all the facts right. It’s a natural gypsum cave that you can tour. The last time…
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The Pilot Car
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron. Isaiah 45:2 Have you ever walked a path, one that you thought was untraveled, and started noticing things, little clues that someone had been there before you? …
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Simplicity
Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path… Psalm 27:11a I don’t know how others that write find inspiration. If they look for it or if it finds them. I can only speak from my own experience, and I don’t have a lot. I’ve never fancied myself to be a…
The Peak of Inspiration 