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The Graduation of The Little Sun
(My oldest niece, Hailey, recently graduated from high school and asked me to speak at the ceremony. In honor of her graduation, I am sharing my speech.) Isaiah 42:16: And I will…
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The Weight Of Questioning
Why do we question everything but the questions? What right do we have to second-guess God’s ways or motivations for how and when He chooses to move? Is He the master of…
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Another Dissatisfied Day
Another Dissatisfied Day: Thoughts on Complacency and Indifference There is something about the combination of complacency and loneliness that silences a man. This silence is not a relative of solitude, for in solitude…
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A New Year’s Choice
I will break the mirror of my past And burn the regrets with the fires of hope. (“…but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto…
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Thoughts on Faith And Disappointment
Is part of walking by faith never feeling disappointed by God? That even if He doesn’t move today we don’t allow ourselves to become disappointed, but choose to continue to trust and patiently…
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The Gloaming (Short Story Version- Part V)
Part V: Evening’s Rest and Rebirth My thoughts are interrupted by a strange and benevolent voice. “Why are you troubled?” the physician asks tenderly. I find little courage to answer for obviously…
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The Gloaming (Short Story Version- Part IV)
Part IV: The Gloaming Each step becomes heavier than the last. The setting of the sun begins in earnest, seemingly outpacing my efforts to outrun it. The wind picks up, carrying with…
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The Gloaming (Short Story Version- Part III)
Part III: A Key Conversation The next town is so near I can hear some commotion overtaking my own thoughts. “What’s going on here?” I manage to ask as I stumble upon…
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The Gloaming (Short Story Version- Part II)
Part II: Noonday Strivings Whatever hope I found lying alongside the road earlier today is beginning to dissipate in the heat of the noonday sun and the scorn of passersby. Though not an…
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The Gloaming (Short Story Version- Part I)
Part I: Morning’s Choice Though my eyes found little sleep, I arose early this morning, finding a bit of optimism with the first rays of sun on my face. The pain of my…