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When Life is Real

About a hundred years ago, I wrote a weekly column for some local newspapers. I loved writing about real life and alluding to spiritual truths as I wrote. I titled that column Real Life. One of the editors tried to get me to change that title. He said it was too predictable and cliche. I… Continue reading When Life is Real

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New Life, Overflowing

In Texas in the last couple of weeks, we've been living with scarcity. During the big winter storm there was suddenly a scarcity of heat, electricity, water and food. Now we are learning there are still huge shortages of clean water in some areas which has led to a scarcity of bottled water there. Some… Continue reading New Life, Overflowing

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Eight Years

This is not the blog I wanted to write. I was halfway finished with an entry about God being present in the details of life, scripture supporting that and how our souls thrive on very particular details. I had already titled it Real Life which was the name of a newspaper column I used to… Continue reading Eight Years

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God Kisses

In a class I attended on journaling we were told we should decide whether our journals would be about real life or spiritual life. The teacher said, "It can't be both."  "Wrong!" I said to myself then and now. Real life is tightly braided with spiritual life. I believe that is how it is created… Continue reading God Kisses