Tag: love
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How to steal the heart of Jesus
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I saw an interesting tree on my hike around Lake Norman State Park. A portion of the tree was growing horizontally, about eye level, probably bent over as a sapling by a fallen tree, now long gone. It provided a perfect woodsy billboard for someone to carve, “He stole my…
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Finding love in the to-do list
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This time of year, blowing leaves seems to be a never-ending task. I live on four wooded acres. I spend more time blowing leaves in the Fall than cutting grass throughout the growing season. “Blow leaves” is one of the items on the to-do list my wife wrote out for me…
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A powerful lesson from a shy little girl
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“Out of the mouths of babes…” goes the saying (PS 8:2). I might add out of their coloring markers too. My daughter Molly and I were both shy and introverted when she was four and I was forty. I would hold her close. Together, we would gaze upon the landscape…
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Immersion
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The word ‘baptism’ stems from a word that means ‘immersion’. Today the Church celebrates the Baptism (i.e. immersion) of Jesus into this world. If Jesus was ‘immersed into this world fo ryour sake, are you immersed in the life of Jesus?
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While waiting for the pandemic to end…
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“The Master went on a journey and entrusted his possessions to his servants…After a long time, the master returned.” (see Mt 25) What does this “Parable of the Talents” say about our journey through the pandemic?
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The Love Debt…
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What do you do if someone sins against you? You don’t ‘vent’. You don’t gossip. You don’t rant. And you definitely don’t post it on Facebook! In the words of Jesus, “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.”