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More of What Matters when caught in friendly fire army crawled to the front of my thinking this past year. These months have been a compilation of circumstances and relational experiences, many of which have highlighted what I’ve been writing about for two years now, whether in a spiritual boxing ring or here, in deep […]
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“All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head.” On September 25, I celebrated 42 years of marriage with my husband. On October 25, one month later, I gathered with family to bury my father. Both of the first most important men in my life served as reminders those 30 days that more […]
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More of what matters in a cause-driven world has haunted me awhile. Probably because for every cause there’s an effect. Just one, if we’re lucky. And a cascading line of dominoes if we’re not. We often are not. Which has gotten me to thinking why that is. Lord knows there are plenty of examples of […]
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Jesus is all about more of what matters – when the rocks are locked and loaded. The first several verses of John 8 [1] relate the story of the woman caught in an act of adultery and brought before Jesus. The incident where He bent down to write something in the dirt. Her accusers? Wait […]
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Lately I’ve been keenly aware of the swift passage of time. Poised by God’s providence in the middle decades between childhood 1.0 and 2.0, I feel deeper and more frequent the circular draw to more of what matters – meet the children. “Johnny, we hardly knew ye.” 1 The plaintive lyric of that Irish melody became […]
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Give me a cup of tomato basil soup and I can say ciao! like an Italian. Give me a choice of soup or salad? I’ll most often go with the greens. Give me more of what matters – when it’s “offense du jour” or I’m tempted to spit pits over split hairs. When people take up offense over […]
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Do you ever feel like a pin at the end of a bowling alley named Potshot Lanes? When it seems there’s signage flashing over your head that could rival that of Vegas? ‘Take your best shot!’ My friend, that is the time to remind yourself of more of what matters – I was made for […]
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We like fruit – typically after someone else has done the necessary pruning. We don’t like pain. Add them together though and we get more of what matters – the fruit of pain. Which is the equivalent of growing through the pain that pruning produces. To some it’s a high calling to demand fruit. Yep, that’s […]
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Did some of your associations take a bruising last year as a result of the political climate? If your answer is yes, no doubt you can relate to more of what matters – reviving relationships. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who sucked 2017’s moody air in an atmosphere largely detrimental to interconnectedness. […]
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We must refuse to allow the loud voices of a few to drown out the soft voices of teachable spirits. petalsofjoy.org Like the contemplative spirit that I am, I did a lot of prayerful musing and conversing with the Lord the past year. Like the teachable spirit I long to possess in increasing measure, I […]
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