When I was young I worked at McDonalds. One week I showed up at work without my glasses. I made more mistakes that day than ever before. My manager requested that I go home and not come back without my glasses. It seems that I couldn’t think straight without them–not…
Read moreOur faces glowed in the firelight. Our giggles and laughter drowned out the sounds of nature. This, was probably to our benefit and the benefit of the world at large. As, 30 suburban, pre-pubescent Girl Scouts in the wilderness, in the dark, could have provoked the kind of high pitched…
Read more“But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple,…
Read moreThis can be an easy post to write, or such a very hard one. I’m a sinner – the chief of sinners. This year, this month, this week, this day, this very moment, I sin. It’s what I do best, it’s what I was born into. And yet, this day…
Read moreHe could hear the crowds screaming “crucify” “crucify”… He could hear the hatred in their voices, These were his chosen people. He loved them, And they were going to crucify him. He was beaten, bleeding, and weakened… his heart was broken, But still He walked. He could see the crowd…
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