8/5/10:  In my Lectio Divina group today, we read Hebrews 10:14 – “By virtue of that one single offering, He has achieved the eternal perfection of all whom He is sanctifying.”  Eternal perfection. My response was an incredulous, “Even me?”  After all these years, knowing my continuing imperfection, I still struggle to believe – really [...]

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8/2/10:  We went the other day to look at our old house.  It was a place where we made delightful memories, but now it is greatly changed.  Other people have been there, and made their own memories, not so good, and the place seems dark and despondent.  But here and there evidence of us remains [...]

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I have an assignment to write a short story themed on “love.”  What a huge topic!  How can I say anything new about it?  How can I come up with a story that is not smarmy and trite?  The more I think about it, the more it seems to me that everything is love – [...]

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Loneliness is part of the human condition.  There is an intense loneliness that we all feel at times, and that, counter-intuitively, can only be remedied by solitude.  It seems we can become so attuned to external stimuli that we lose contact with our own selves, and it is our own self for whom we are [...]

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