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Walking the beach
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1 min read
There is something small in the walk, barefoot along the shore; with crunching sand and waves lapping the hem of your jeans. Soaked, drying, sandy, brushed and prepared to return to socks then shoes, then pavement, feet planting and stepping in time to music produced by your phone.
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Wash
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Perhaps the biggest choice we are given by GOD is to choose the scale of our lives. To observe the word through the lens of a small-scale creation of limitation, or the vastness of possibilities.
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Wasted Fruits
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1 min read
One of the aspects of life that challenges my soul.
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A Wellness Retreat
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I’m on my way to CREDO, a clergy wellness retreat. I have a layover in Atlanta and was looking for breakfast. I found a little local grill. I ordered a simple breakfast sandwich. There was a mixup and someone else claimed mine. They invited me to take her (more expensive one). Look at that…
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Walking Between Two Worlds
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7 min read
a homily for Proper 23CText: Luke 17:11-19 If we were to take out a map to look for Jesus, where He is in the gospel, we’d find He isn’t really that far from where He started. Jesus is heading to Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Directly north of Judea is Samaria. North of that is…
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The New Coke Effect
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2 min read
One of the world’s most famous failures was “New Coke”. It is often trotted out as a reason people don’t like change: a colossal mistake in which the Coca-Cola Company dared to change their signature drink. As the story goes, the change was a failure and the world went back to normal. Except that isn’t…
Make a New Normal
