Category: (Christian)
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Jonquils in the Shade
I have decided to exercise my God given right to whine and moan a little bit. I have had enough of winter; of sullen skies, of dank afternoons, of frigid nights and of cold-hearted mornings. With a little more time, I could come up with some even more depressing adjectives with a bit of alliteration Read more
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Laundromats Are For Swingers
I’ve got a picture that keeps running around in my mind. I don’t know why it’s there. It just kind of appeared a few days ago, and for the life of me, I can’t seem to shake it. As memories go, it ain’t much. It’s just a snapshot of a moment in time when life Read more
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Tattoos and Muumuus and a Jukebox
Several years ago I was having lunch at the new Waffle House, the one over next to Publix. It was new then, at least; but new or not, it still held that special ambiance particular to Waffle House. Perhaps the floor was a little cleaner, the windows a bit less opaque and the “How you Read more
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Great Expectations
It seems to me that everybody and their mother is offended these days. The number of people wearing their feelings on their sleeves and then wondering why they get their feelings hurt is astronomical and amazing to me. That is probably something I shouldn’t say as a loving Child of God, but then again the Read more
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Ms. Belle’s Most Excellent Adventure
If you had to be stuck on the side of the interstate, it was a lovely day for it. It was one of those midsummer days, somewhere near the middle of July. The sky was a beautiful sapphire blue, with the occasional cotton ball floating in it. Behind me there was a meadow filled with Read more
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The Walking Maple
Out of the early morning mist he materialized, for all the world like a phantom of folklore. As my eyes adjusted to the sight, the feathered edges became more distinct, the shadows lightened and the silhouette of a man stood before me. He was some distance off yet, but my eyes, sharpened by instinct, took Read more
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Drifting With Granny
I will never forget the late summer afternoon when my crazy Granny Tharpe proved that she was ahead of her time by having the top part of her left ear pierced. You know, just like all of the young folks do today. Only Granny did it way back in the mid-sixties long before it was Read more
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Off The Beaten Path
I half expected to run headlong into a woolly mammoth. The little valley I found myself in actually appeared to be that untouched, that pristine. It was early May several years ago when I first discovered this treasure. I had noticed something on the map that intrigued me. So I figured the coordinates, picked up Read more
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The Haitian Boy
When I first stepped off of the little plane, the blast of tropical heat mixed with the underlying acrid odor of post-earthquake Haiti hit me like a brick wall. I had prepared myself for this but for once the reality was stronger than the anticipation, and a wave of fear went through me as the Read more
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Great Uncle Wilkie’s Light
Let me tell you a bit about my Great Uncle Wilkie. First and foremost though, let me make it clear that he was my great uncle by marriage. If I was blood kin to him, I would never admit it for fear of being banned from proper society. Uncle Wilkie was indeed one of the Read more