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Here Comes the Messiah: April Fools!
Are we any different than the followers of Jesus who laid palm branches on the ground for him to pass over into Jerusalem? It was his triumphal entry. The symbolic proclamation that the Messiah had come and would change the course of history by taking his rightful place as king…and set the Jews free from Roman…
The Good Interruptions
Interruptions are not always bad. Sometimes they’re necessary. Sometimes they’re blessings in disguise. Last week my regularly scheduled post was interrupted by Spring Break. There was really no reason why I couldn’t have posted, I just got off schedule. And getting back on schedule this week left this column empty…again. But I have a good…
Storytelling and Songs Still Pass from Generation to Generation
My grandson and I were working on his homework last week. He is studying the Inuit people. It took us five chapters before I realized that what we now call Inuit is what my old textbooks used to call Eskimos. Once I realized that, things made so much more sense! Another of the very intriguing…
How to Be Outstanding
“Dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. … to the extent that God has blessed you. … because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents.…
Organizing: Does Multitasking Make You Stupid?
Computers are faster and smarter and more efficient than ever. They run at gigahertz speeds, using gigabytes of memory, giving you giga power to get things done. Even so, once in a while, most machines seem to freeze for several seconds, stuck in some mysterious inner world that you know nothing about. If they’re so fast and so smart, why should…
The Self-Importance of Love
writing is like parenting, then writing well is first not about the writing so much as it is about you, yourself and the changes it will bring to you. It was raining. The misty kind so common in spring in Seattle. What I remember most are the flowers. Orange, red, and white setting the broad,…
Renewing your Mind and Spirit
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 I’ve been struggling with negative thoughts lately, and I know the only way to combat the ugliness is to fill my mind with God’s thoughts. It’s not easy, but the alternative will never bring about desired change. In fact,…
The Big Picture Perspective in Running a Household
My husband and I enjoy putting together jigsaw puzzles, but it’s been a while since we’ve done one. To remedy this, I picked out a grand thousand piece puzzle depicting a classic scene from Beauty and the Beast. (Hubby took this selection as commentary, but it wasn’t meant as such – honest!) Right now, we’ve…
Big Dreams Walking?
From the archives March 18, 2010: Are you holding on to your BIG dreams! So am I. I wrote this two years ago and my big dream back then was to get published. Nine months after writing this I was offered a contract for a novella. Not my ideal publishing scenario, but I’ve learned not…
Re-creating missing receipts
Have you ever lost an important tax receipt? I accidentally deleted a folder in my inbox one day. You know the one… the one where I file all of my receipts from Amazon. Not a great move, considering I need all of those receipts for my taxes. Or how about the day when my lovely…