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Peace in Your Day—–And Mine I was on my way somewhere in the car and was at a stop sign. The light was red. I was going to go straight and the car facing me on the other side was going to turn left, so I had the...
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April 8, 2014 Ann
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Ash Wednesday—A Beginning Ash Wednesday this year is a special beginning. I have anticipated it for several weeks now, and it is here. Many in our church are using the book A Place at the Table—40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor by Chris Seay. Each day has...
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March 5, 2014 Ann
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369. Lift Up Your Heart I had lunch this week with my friend Dan Bottorff. He told me parts of the following and then I asked him to write it out for this post. Dan said: My story began with admonitions from my parents, “Stand up straight and...
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February 4, 2014 Ann
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368. Yeah! I recently had a return of breast cancer after ten years of remission. I scheduled surgery and had an interesting happening as I headed through the days before the actual surgery date. During my first bout of cancer, I had determined to do a number of...
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January 21, 2014 Ann
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A Day with Thich Nhat Hanh Back in June when my daughter wondered what to get me for my birthday, her 9-year-old daughter said, “Get her something on her bucket list.” Donna said, “What’s on her bucket list?” The exuberant answer was, “SEE A PUFFIN.” Well, that was...
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January 18, 2014 Ann
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I’ve been gone for a while—but hello, I’m back. 366. Carousels and Tire Swings I have always loved carousels—not so much as a child but as an adult—just something about the lights and the music and the spinning round and round. So wherever there is a carousel, there...
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January 6, 2014 Ann
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365. A Year in a Minute Almost a month ago I wrote about the length of a minute—and how it’s longer than you think. It may be true also of days and years. Today marks the end of my posting every day for a year. It doesn’t seem...
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June 18, 2013 Ann
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364. A Friend and Fear I had lunch with a friend this week and we talked about one of my fears. And then there was a moment of silence and he asked, “How does your faith in God fit with your fear?” I think I brushed the question...
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June 17, 2013 Ann
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363. Ha Long Bay I have three pictures of Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. One is a picture on rice paper, purchased in Hanoi. One is an embroidery picture, made and sold by the woman who cooked a six-course dinner on a small boat for us as we...
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June 16, 2013 Ann
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362. World Peace – Led by Children I finished a book titled World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements by John Hunter. For many years as a teacher, he has played The World Peace Game with his classes of 4th-graders. For an hour a day for eight weeks he...
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June 15, 2013 Ann
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