There are times when my dark heart is filled with an intense envy. Times…like the recent weekday afternoon, when a purportedly “easy” home improvement project descended into a tar-pit of personal incompetence.
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Today’s find: $30 hole
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Today’s find: Visio Divina
Gerri and I had a rather unique perspective on what was designed as a visual meditation during our New Year’s Eve retreat at King’s House.
We’d agreed to be “Readers” for the late-evening prayer service – and as such, our behind-the-ambo position meant we saw only the backside of a soul-stirring iconostasis.
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Today’s find: Travelin’
A certain courageous Mommy I know bundled up her 4-month-old and headed off to Ohio this weekend.
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Today’s find: Troubled or Wise
There’s a certain darkness to the Epiphany, an aspect that’s easily overlooked.
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Today’s find: Epiphany gifts
Granddaughter Hannah celebrates her third birthday this weekend—perfect timing, as it happens, for her Gramps to ponder the great blessings she has conferred upon him since making her debut.
It’s not that becoming a grandfather has made me a Wise Man, exactly. But it has offered myriad opportunities to gaze upon the world in a richer, more satisfying way.
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Today’s find: Caspar, Balthasar and Melchior
Then what?
It’s an intriguing question, one I’d never really applied to the three wise men before.
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Today’s find: Epiphany
Am I a wise man today, any wiser than I was a year ago on this date?
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Today’s find: Wise Guys
We talked a bit about the wisdom of the magi at our scripture study this morning – and after reflecting on the details of their story, I found myself appreciating their acumen in a whole new light.
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