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October 9, 2018
Failing forward. That is how I would describe this last month. I had these grand plans of being AWESOME last month. Well….I completely succeeded! Ha…you thought I was going to say I failed there, didn’t ya. Nah. I’m always awesome…In a completely humble way, of course. But here’s the thing…I definitely did NOT do all the things. I definitely failed to accomplish all the things. Somehow I thought it would be a great idea to set a huge emotional and...
September 3, 2018
Okay, so here I go. Starting tomorrow, September 4th, I am starting 30 Days of Happy. Over the next 30 days I’m choosing joy. What does that mean? Well, let’s start with what it doesn’t mean first. It doesn’t mean that I’m going to be smiling all day long like a lunatic. It doesn’t mean that I’m going to pretend things are fine when they aren’t. Here’s what it does mean: It means that I will look to joy every...
May 11, 2018
These Oxford days are precious. Spring has arrived here in the city of dreaming spires, and it seems that every person, after a long and dark winter, steps a little lighter down these ancient streets. Last month I spoke of praying for an island. As of right now, no island (that I have recognized, at least) has risen up out of the endless waters, but still we wait in expectation. I would be lying if I didn’t say that fear...
July 17, 2017
*A note about this post. I wrote this back in November of 2016 at a time when our country was in great distress after the election results came in. I believe this is something we still need to hear, because many of us continue to walk out our woundings with little grace for those who disagree with us. I have added a little more to it since then, but 95% of the words written here are from the original post...