Category: 2022
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Rivers and Rain
Have you notice that rivers have personalities? From wide and slow to narrow and fast. From trickles to torrents. From constant to seasonal. Dad’s river was quiet, dependable. And deep. More Mississippi than Rio Grande. Or maybe Amazon, just not that long. Steady. Never leaving us wondering how we would find it when we showed…
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Gifts
Imagine a large pile of gifts. Every kind of gift there is. Gifts of song and speech. Gifts of hospitality and companionship. A friendly wave and a cheerful smile. Friendship and fellowship. A mug of hot coffee or a cup of cold water. Everything that is pure and good represented as an individual package and…
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Gentleness and Big Hands
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness… Thinking back over the years of my life and the memories made with a man I called Dad, I’ve came to a new understanding of the 5th fruit listed in Galatians 5. And I’m not saying I have it right. Maybe I don’t.…
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Be the pump
I’d like to go back and relive an hour of my childhood. Jump in the pickup with dad and Mickey, the old family dog. Make the circuit around the farm, checking the oil, changing the water. Everything was right with the world. Those were the good ol’ days, just couldn’t see it at the time……
The Peak of Inspiration 