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Thankful for Fleas
What are you thankful for? This is the question everyone asks around Thanksgiving. Family? Friends? Health? Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV) A few years ago, I remember reading this verse and thinking, “Honestly, I’m not feeling very thankful.”…
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One of Those Days
It was one of those days. You know, the kind where the kids wake up too early – stuck at home because everyone has snotty noses- in bad moods – and it’s dreary outside. The kind of day where nothing goes right. I hadn’t had one of those days in a while.…
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Voice
I was walking in South Chicago to my internship at a book publishing company when a police car pulled up beside me. “Miss, are you lost?” The officer called out. If only he knew the irony of that question. I had felt lost all summer. Directionally – Emotionally – Mentally. “No, I’m…
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