Category: faith
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My Invisible Iron Man Suit
The last thing she needs is the suited-up version of yet another person. Covered. Closed-off…
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Lent: How Fasting Changed for me
Folklore claims that I was baptized Catholic as an infant. Subsequently, I was unchurched until the age of thirteen. At that juncture, my mother decided we would attend the church of her childhood: the Greek Orthodox Church. My Papou (maternal grandfather) arrived here from Greece, while my YiaYia (maternal grandmother)…
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10 at the End – February
Happy Friday! There are 52 Fridays in 2025. Today is #9! Today’s post: February gratitude.
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Mom, I Wish I Knew You Young
When I was out of town, my son and his fiancée stopped at the house to pick up old family videos. I’m sure they thought it would be fun to see my son as a toddler, running the coastline in a swim diaper while on vacation. Before I could even…
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10 At the End – January Gratitude
This is a list of 10 things I’m thankful to have enjoyed or accomplished in month one of 2025. The list below is less exciting than what I expected to share at the outset of this month. I was sidelined a bit with my back leading to more reading, less…
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🎄Merry Christmas!🎄
I’m very thankful for the enjoyable and thoughtful conversations we have had via posts and comments this year. Most of us lead full lives and I appreciate the time you have shared with me. I’ll be back in January and wish each of you a truly blessed and Merry Christmas!…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
“Let us come before him with thanksgiving!” Psalm 95:2 NIV I wish you and your beloveds the Happiest of Thanksgivings!
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Silent Sunday-Intentional Quiet
“Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands…” 1 Thessalonians 4:11 When I think of silence, gentle candle flickers come to mind. Soft lighting in a dim room. Steady fairy lights. The first snowflakes serenely falling from a moonlit sky.…
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Thankful Thursday-Philippians
“Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6
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Silent Stillness is Counter-Cultural
“The Lord will fight for you while you [only need to] keep silent and remain calm.” Exodus 14:14 Amplified “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 This scripture was pressed in black vinyl above my office door for years. In the midst of grading endless papers, writing curriculum, managing kids’ schedules…
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Thankful Thursday – 1 Corinthians
“…but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [as conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:57 AMP
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 