Category: Just Life
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Holes in My Grass
It was about 6:30 the other morning and I was watching the sunrise from my front porch. The picture of perfection. Birds chirping. Enjoying my quiet time and a cup of caffeine right there in my hands. Then I looked up and noticed the holes in the grass in my front yard. I couldn’t look…
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Monday.
I’m not all that sure why, but Monday’s tend to be the most challenging days of the week for me. It’s not really because it’s the start of a new week, and I’m dreading getting back into the grind for another week. I think it’s for different reasons. I preached a message to my church…
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Please. Just Stop.
I saw this man yesterday morning. Sleeping in the doorway of a church down the street from my shop. I thought about him all day long. If you could have heard the thoughts running through my mind . . . “How sad! Sleeping in the doorway of a church.” “They’d probably run him off if…
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Uphill
My personal faith walk over the past several days has been truly an uphill climb. More than one night lately have I been awake- wide awake in the middle of the night. Thoughts and questions, filled with uncertainty, even doubt, and lots of fear have been my midnight companions. I’ve felt distance from God. Even…
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Keep Pointing
It was one night last fall, when my son stepped up to bat during his little league game. Before he took his batting position he did gave his bat a practice swing, adjusted his stance and deliberately pointed his finger toward the outfield to indicate where he intended to put the ball. If you’re any…
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Name Calling
I’m no stranger to name calling. People made fun of my last name as a kid. Do you even know how many words that rhyme with “Greer?” Then there’s my first name. If I’ve been asked once, I’ve been asked a million times “Isn’t ‘Shannon’ a girls name?” I’ve learned to deal with name calling and…
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I’m a poor man
I love the Sermon on the Mount in the gospel of Matthew. Jesus is just getting warmed up in Matthew 5 when he says: ““God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.” – Matthew 5:3 NLT Another translation says, “Blessed are the poor in…
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Get a Grip
We all get frustrated with folks. We all wish we could just tell them how we feel. But sometimes the best thing to do is to just get a grip…on grace.
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My Outlaw’s Prayer
I was riding along yesterday and was “scanning” through local radio stations when this “country classic” came on. I’ve never heard the song before in my life. As I endured the slow twangy ballad, I was intrigued by the story and I thought to myself, “Surely this kind of thing hasn’t REALLY happened.” I didn’t…
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Jesus and a Can of Sardines
“You don’t know how good this stuff looks until your hungry!” That’s what Roy said today as I took him to our little food pantry that I told you about yesterday. I suppose he’s one of the first people to receive anything from the pantry. He looked like a kid at Christmas. He picked up…