Author: pattyshusband
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Glad I Listened to Bob Hollis
To whom all are you listening about long-term things this side of eternity? “I’ll be by at 8:45,” the caller said. “We’re going to a meeting.” Thus began an amazing and oft-repeated opportunity: about two hours on the road talking with Bob Hollis. I’ll not even try to summarize him, his ministry, or his influence…
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What’s Your Favorite Scripture?
Wednesday, March 5th, is the start of The Season of The Gospel called Lent. I’d like to share what’s important to you from Scripture in a real simple format during that time. If you’re willing, please tell me what’s your favorite Scripture.I’d like to have that as one of my daily devotional blogs this Lenten…
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Since God Does, We Must
“If God forgives us,” wrote C.S. Lewis, “we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal.” “God tramples our sins under his feet,” says Micah 7:19, “and throws them into the depths of the ocean.” Well now.Since God does….
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Part 3 of “Today. From a Maybe Tomorrow Perspective.”
EXCERPT: Don’t wait until the end to decide if you are proud of your life. Do it before it’s too late. Do it while you can still do something about it. “I realized that the time to be having that review was not in the ninth inning with two outs,” he told me. “It was…
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Keith Jarrett? Köln? Yes. Please and Thank You.
But how can this be over 50 years old already? Read about it here — https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/the-koln-concert-at-50-keith-jarretts-solo-flow-fecf45a5?st=5TyZCf&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Listen to it here — https://youtu.be/skkiVoI7sBk?si=I04YwL310aALjZbi
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Helmet On and Strap In: advice ahoy
Too much packed in here that’s too good not to share; put your helmet on and strap in, it’s a lot coming at once — https://www.wsj.com/opinion/signposts-on-the-wisdom-trail-lincoln-david-foster-wallace-cs-lewis-advice-21334ef2?st=kGgRb5&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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What’s Your Favorite Scripture?
Wednesday, March 5th, is the start of The Season of The Gospel called Lent. I’d like to share what’s important to you from Scripture in a real simple format during that time. If you’re willing, please tell me what’s your favorite Scripture.I’d like to have that as one of my daily devotional blogs this Lenten…
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BONUS BLOG: Beyond Football, the Significance of The Super Bowl
One of my all-time favorite sports writers, and here’s an example of why —The Super Bowl is also the last remaining sliver of the American monoculture—a vestige of the three-channel era, when we all watched the same stuff, collectively, and televised moments became part of the national fabric. I’m not saying Chiefs-Eagles is going to…
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Still Stuck?
When God Is Doing Something New, and We’re Still Stuck in the Old — by Debbie McDaniel “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the…
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When Someone Insults a Loved One’s Disability
All I can add here is a loud YUP — — and hope I remember at least one of these….
