the body, in motion

  I wish I could have God’s view of Montgomery Bell State Park this Saturday.   I’ll have friends there, eyes on the ground, and they’ll report back to me: it was good.   But even they won’t have the full view of what’s really going on – what’s happening in and through the...

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the dirty work

photo © 2009 Nationaal Archief | more info (via: Wylio)   i stumbled (literally, over a Matchbox car – anyone who can relate?) into the kitchen this morning, only to be confronted with what long days full of too busy for housework can do.   if it’s true that cleanliness is next to...

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on purpose

image credit here “Your name Drason?” she asked, raising her heavy eyelids upward to where he stood. “Yes, it is.” “You just lose a baby?” And there it was.  Put out there – just like that.  The back of his neck stiffened just a bit, causing him to straighten.  Eight weeks and his body still...

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what money is for …

rare. some diamonds are rare, and you pay a pretty penny for them. some diseases are rare, and they change your whole life. so far, the pain of losing Bane has been worsened by the fact that there are no clear answers as to what caused him to get sick. imagine your pediatrician saying the words to...

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Not a Day …

My friend Sonya wore shiny silver shoes.   My friend Drason looked sharp in a purple bow tie.   Guests entered the sanctuary through a rainbow of bright-colored balloons, and nobody who was in the know wore black.  A banner above the door welcomed friends with this scripture, but even I...

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