Weekend Reflection: When the Perfect Comes

Beth and Sawyer. January 30, 2011. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 (ESV) It’s [almost] the weekend. […]


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Weekend Reflection: His Word

Laity Lodge. September, 2012. 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. Psalm 68:9-11 (KJV) […]


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It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To

Our 27th Annual Cinnamon-Roll Baking. Christmas, 2013. Yona, Guam. But Really, I Don’t Want To. Unless they’re happy tears. Tomorrow I’ll have ridden this planet around the sun 55 times. Somehow, the view never bores me. I wonder sometimes, how can that be, that everything seems fresh all the time? I treasure some traditions (like Christmas cinnamon-roll […]


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Weekend Reflection: Good Work

    16 Let Your work appear to Your servants And Your majesty to their children. 17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands. Psalm 90:16-17 (NASB) It’s the weekend. Around here we remove our shoes and tour the stillness. Start with Sandra […]


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Why I Won’t Judge Richard Sherman

Cadence Closing Off the Noise. Christmastime, 2012. “Who Was Talking About You?” The more I see of this big old world, the more grateful I become for anonymity. Famous folks have to navigate cameras and microphones, especially at the most important moments of their lives.  I don’t. Thankfully.  No reporter stood at the curb to ask […]


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