Want to Be Fixed?

When is the last time you went to your partner and said – “I am broken, please fix me?”  Or, “I have some flaws, would you please correct them for me?”  As you read these questions, you probably are thinking that I’m nuts (I may be but that is a different discussion for another time). …

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Turn Their Crank

I love hearing stories about how people are filled; what things lead to feeling valued and cherished – how they get their “crank turned.”  My wife is a public school administrator.  Occasionally, she will get a note from a past student or perhaps a card from a staff member, letting her know what an impact…

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Is that Funny?

“There’s a conversation between a minister, a priest, and a rabbi . . . . . “ Ok, no I am not going to tell a joke, but if I did, would you laugh?  Well, maybe that’s not a fair question because people are more likely to groan at my jokes than laugh (unless of…

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Be Present

I have an acquaintance whose husband was killed in an auto accident this past week.  I found out about it because it was on the front page of the paper.  While that may seem unusual, it is not if you play an important role in a major hotel chain.  We were very sad for the…

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Do You Know the Sound?

It is hard to believe that it has been 17 years since I built the house that we live in.  Ok, I didn’t exactly build it – the construction company did.  However, while they were building it that spring and summer, the boys and I finished the basement while the builders were doing the main…

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Do You Know the Sound?

It is hard to believe that it has been 17 years since I built the house that we live in.  Ok, I didn’t exactly build it – the construction company did.  However, while they were building it that spring and summer, the boys and I finished the basement while the builders were doing the main…

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Black Friday

Ok – before you start to think that this is another “Black Friday” ad, I promise – it is not.  You have no doubt had your fill of those.  We sat on Thanksgiving afternoon watching ad after ad each declaring the unbelievable deals that their particular store would have on “Black Friday” – beginning at…

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Living to 116

In July of 2014, Gertrude Weaver turned 116 in Little Rock Arkansas.  That is a long time.  At that point, she was the oldest living American and the second oldest person living in the world.  Think about it – if you are 58 right now and feeling a bit old, she is twice your age.…

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Shopping and Snowshoeing

What do you enjoy doing?  It might be hiking, watching football, sipping tea, or flower gardening.  We all have interests of some kind, with some being quite unique.  One of my sons is a veterinary technician.  When he first began school to pursue that career field, I think that he figured he would enjoy working…

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Hope

“The ‘digital highway’ is a street teeming with people who are often hurting, men and women looking for salvation or hope.” – Pope Francis As I read that quote, I pondered its significance and the power of that word “hope.”  When we see potential and possibilities, we are “hopeful.”  If we believe that things will…

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