Category Archives: my musing

These are some of my musings about God’s mysteries. Love to hear some of yours.

Not fair! (part two)

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

When I lived with Bob and Jean I noticed that they routinely pray for parking places – and pretty much everything else, from good deals on tomatoes at Safeway to revival in America. As for revival, since there are other … Continue reading →

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Not fair! (part one)

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Once we discover that God has joined our tears and can be moved with compassion, the world becomes a very unpredictable place. M. Craig Barnes Friend, I am not being unfair to you… Don’t I have the right to do … Continue reading →

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“Dad, we gotta get us some tattoos!”

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

When the handwritten message on the wall became clear that our marriage was finished before we actually crossed the finished line (the “till death do us part” part), I was in such emotional turmoil I wanted to put some distance … Continue reading →

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Sometimes do and sometimes don’t…

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. Proverbs 26:4-5 “I don’t believe … Continue reading →

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The story within the story…

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

In his remarkable book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Donald Miller suggested that the Creator wrote us into his story along with sunsets and rainstorms as though to say, “Enjoy your place in my story. The beauty of … Continue reading →

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What mentors do…

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

“The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.” Proverbs 20:5 Since I turned about fifty I gave myself permission to think and act like a “mentor.” Helping a number of young … Continue reading →

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Sowing in tears, reaping in joy…

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

If you can be devastated by someone else’s pain and loss, and yet stimulated to action at the same time, this story will do it. I read it in a coffee shop while wiping tears away. So, if you don’t … Continue reading →

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Losers make the best dancers

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

“You turned my mourning into dancing.” Psalm 30:11 Mourning is nonnegotiable. It can’t be avoided in any life fully lived. Mourning and grieving are identical twins, and when we’ve irretrievably lost something, the healthiest thing to do is grieve. Anyone … Continue reading →

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The ministry of listening…

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

The neighborhoods I frequent in order to make friends with God host hundreds of men and women who talk to themselves and yell at invisible antagonists. Their minds are mush from birth or from abuse or from profuse amounts of … Continue reading →

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Lessons of a Loser (part four)

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

Alcoholics Know How To Pray A while back I ran across the prayer often used by Alcoholics Anonymous groups. Anne Lamott calls it a “Greatest Hits prayer” and posits an alternative to the opening part:  ”God grant me the serenity … Continue reading →

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