A Word About … Sunday

A prayer, about … This Sunday. “But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’ My ...
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A Word About … That Day

I’ve said it many times: “There are few days in our lives, which, when they have come to an end, ...
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A Word About … Noticing

Once an editor asked me if I usually wrote about people I had actually met and things I had actually ...
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The Storyteller

As a small child, I used to sit on my father’s lap on cold winter evenings and watch the fire ...
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A Sequestered Reflection …

I had no idea, really, until I heard it on the news. I’m one of ‘those most vulnerable.’ I’ve heard ...
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Firsts …

I think ‘firsts’ are an important and interesting reality. I will tell you what I mean.:Life in all its complexity ...
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The Imposter …

We didn’t cut our own Christmas tree this year. No stopping by the woods on a snowy evening. No Currier ...
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Classic State of Mind Blog Finished Well

Finished Well

HER NAME WAS Martha, and I got to preach her funeral, a few years back. When she died, she was ...
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Being Glad…

Lately, I’ve been thinking about my life from the perspective of what I’m glad for. Not what I’m ‘thankful’ for ...
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