Category: Love One Another
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To Root or Stake Down?
Parenting never stops. Just because you get them to 18, or 22, or in the case of the country of Spain 28, doesn’t mean you are finished parenting, it just morphs. Just because our children are the age of an adult does not mean they can live on their own. Even when our children reach…
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Notes from a Really Great Funeral
What a weird thing to say! My friend’s mom, Dorris went to heaven and though it was a difficult passing into the next phase of life there is joy inexpressible. We do not grieve as those with no hope. When Mrs. Woods’ grandson got up to speak I didn’t know what to expect, but I…
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EDIT-UNDO!
I love Edit UNDO! Honestly, mistakes-are-us is my business. What I really enjoy is when I have deleted something that I needed to keep and then I get to go to Edit Undo that which I undid by mistake. Win win! Life seldom affords us an opportunity for edit-undo. Sometimes…
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Redeemable… A City?
Memphis is like a woman who has been abused and now kicked to the curb by many of her inhabitants. What does it look like for someone to love her? What does it look like to live forgiveness as a community? We must do it with Words and Deeds! Words are so powerful. We can…
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Opposite of Depression, Joy?
What an enigma! When I bought these I expected them to flourish. Look at them, they are so alive. Blooming is a sign of life. The verbena plants were cultivated in retched fertilizer and REGULAR watering by the farmers who sold them to Lowe’s. It is the same with our joy. Joy is not synonymous with happiness.…
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Blame: Sometimes There is No One
Bryant’s breakfast is one of the most incredible eateries in Memphis, Tennessee. Phil, the owner runs the place like a machine. On Saturday morning customers are lined up out the door and around the corner waiting to sample the fluffy biscuits and egg concoctions. On the Saturday of the happening we were meeting a lady…
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Too Much of a Good Thing
Like sun, like water, like truth, like people… it can all be too much of a good thing. Even good things can spoil. Think about a cold cup of milk. Now, see that milk sitting outside on a summer’s day directly under a brilliant sun. Too much of a good thing! 15 minutes of sun…
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To Root or Stake Down?
Parenting never stops. Just because you get them to 18, or 22, or in the case of the country of Spain 28, doesn’t mean you are finished parenting, it just morphs. Just because our children are the age of an adult does not mean they can live on their own. Even when our children reach…
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Let Go!
What do we hold onto? Do we hold our forgiveness thinking that “they” do not deserve to be forgiven? Do we hold onto our security, comfort, or stuff in ways that exacerbate our anxiety? LET GO!!! What if we hold onto something with such a selfish heavy grasp that we choke the life out of…
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Holding…
Hold on! On Hold Hold it! Hold it in Hold over Hold out Hold off Holds sway Hold still Hold up Hold to What we hold to, hold onto, really matters. We can hold our thoughts, our tongue, our principles, our truth, our past, our love. We can hold the good, the bad, the inevitable,…
Mind over things that matter 