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Concerning Your Brother

Not too long ago your mom told me that your brother called and wanted to stay longer. No one had to tell me why he wanted that. I immediately thought that he must have met a girl. It was just intuitive. I had nothing to base my conclusion on. I know a little about young…

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Concerning Your Sister

The thing I think I have the most difficulty communicating to my kids is that the stuff that truly satisfies is not within their reach. Sometimes I’m the source of the difficulty. I want to bring my kids to Jesus but I don’t think that is his way of accomplishing his agenda. The shepherd does…

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Concerning Your Sister

The thing I think I have the most difficulty communicating to my kids is that the stuff that truly satisfies is not within their reach. Sometimes I’m the source of the difficulty. I want to bring my kids to Jesus but I don’t think that is his way of accomplishing his agenda. The shepherd does…

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Father’s Day

I came home from work and got the call. I was standing in the kitchen using a phone that was actually wired to the wall. It was my mom, your grandmother. She called to tell me that my dad had died. That was ten years ago today. But I don’t know, that’s just me talkin’.

Not as Long as I Thought

It should be an international law that the adoption process should not take more than forty-two weeks. I mean it just makes sense. How does one explain to an eleven year old girl that the delay has nothing to do with her or our commitment to bring her home? I wish I could talk to…

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Not as Long as I Thought

It should be an international law that the adoption process should not take more than forty-two weeks. I mean it just makes sense. How does one explain to an eleven year old girl that the delay has nothing to do with her or our commitment to bring her home? I wish I could talk to…

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My Own Private Jerusalem

It’s been a week since I returned from Guatemala. I didn’t get sick this time. On all of my previous visits I did. It seems that I always found a way to ingest something that played havoc with my inward parts. I didn’t mention it before because whatever I experienced physically was insignificant when compared…

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A Note to the Teacher

Before Nicoleta was a year old a young woman who claimed to be her mother abandoned her at a small pediatric hospital in a remote village in Romania. She remained in that hospital until she was four years old. For over three years she was confined to a crib that she shared with a little…

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Back to Paradise

I found out today that I’m going to Guatemala Thursday. The time has finally come when we can sign power of attorney for Miguel’s case. I’m so excited about jumping through another flaming hoop of third world bureaucracy. But I don’t know, that’s just me talkin’.