Category: At the foot of the Throne
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Bible lesson from life
Parts of my childhood were charmed, or so I’ve learned as an adult. Every holiday and for one week in the summer, all my cousins on my dad’s side gathered in Thornwood at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. It was just how things were. Twenty acres of hillside forest, farm and lawn and a three-story stone […]
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Trajectory
“Mom, look! There’s a brown man next to peach-colored man!” “Shhhh, honey. We can’t see that. People of all colors are equal. We must not see skin color.” The little girl marveled at the men of different colors, puzzled, but went on skipping and holding Mom’s hand as years passed. “Look, Mom! Why is that […]
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Life lessons from my dog, part II
There she was, one of hundreds due to be euthanized the next day, a stray from the sweltering streets of El Paso, Texas. We showed up and chose her over all the others in the crowd. If she were aware of the situation, would she not have asked how she could repay us for saving […]