Learning Rest
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Silence in Greece
In the previous episode we reflected on finding goodness in the mundane. I took you on a journey to visit my grandparents in San Diego and together, you and I, unpacked the souvenir…
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A Captain’s Love
Can I tell you a love story? It’s not a typical love story. It’s a story about one stranger forever shifting the love of another with the simplest of words. It’s a true…
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Dear Tired Teacher
A friend reminded me today that I wrote this creative work back in 2018. It can originally be found in the Kansas English peer-reviewed journal here. The title of it seemed fitting for…
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What Are We Doing? Life of Laughter
Remember the days when we use to go to movie theaters? We’d sit in one space and watch movies together. You know, like a month ago. I miss those days. It’s not that…
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What Do We Really Want?
“They have eyes, but they don’t see. They have ears, but they don’t hear.” Jeremiah 5:21 Wait, I’m sorry. Is Jeremiah talking about all of these people around me? Teenagers at…
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An Invitation of Rest
Jeremiah 6:16 “…find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’” (ESV) Stand…Look…Ask…Walk…Find… All of these verbs unfold in the command the Lord gives Jeremiah for the Israelites.…
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Walking in the Healing
My feet hit the pavement, a faster rhythm than normal. My lungs moved with strength, fueling my legs. I felt good floating down the open road as I ran past open fields. My…
