Three Days in the Arena

The final horn sounded, the streamers fell from the ceiling, and the crowd spilled out of the arena and onto the street. As my son and I surveyed the situation and saw the wind, rain, and lightening, he said exactly what I was thinking: “Dad, we’d better run”. As we sprinted down the middle of [...]

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Unresolved

I get it, I think. Maybe I don’t get it. Am I talking about living the Life, or the movie Little Frau and I just watched? Yes. Jazz doesn’t resolve. Or does it? Life doesn’t resolve, or does it? That is the point. That is the premise. Knowing that, and accepting it, creates confusion and [...]

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They could be brothers

“He’s like the brother I never had”. (AB) An interesting thing happened after we moved into this neighborhood a few years back.   We met J, and now he is practically a part of the family. J not only met us, he has come to meet the other J, that being Jesus, and we now experience [...]

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The Song That Goes Like This

Once in every show There comes a song like this It starts off soft and low And ends up with a kiss Oh where is the song That goes like this? Where is it? Where? Where? A sentimental song That casts a magic spell They all will hum along…. …..For this is the song that [...]

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Kentucky Rose?

Day 3: ’nuff said. As I was out walking on Day 2, Michael W. Smith’s “Kentucky Rose” came up on the iTunes. Take a quick look at the lyrics, and then I’ll make a suggestion. Sun comes up – Sunday morn On the little church where I been since I was born And there he [...]

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Shake it, baby, shake it

Temptations flash mob for Dan Hays from Oklahoma Christian on Vimeo. What a day. Awaking to news of an overnight earthquake, awaiting word of a loved one’s arrival at a distant port of call, experiencing a great homecoming gathering at old Alma Mater, seeing a living legend break a significant record, seeing a beast levitate [...]

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Dialed up; dialed in.

Where to start? That’s a tough one. His name is Bernhard. I’ll start there, and we’ll see where it finishes. Proverbs 19:21: Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails. We’ve established earlier on FB (when I was too tired to put any of this down) that [...]

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What can stand against?

Wildfires have been raging recently in and around our town. People have lost their homes, and many others have been forced to evacuate. My wife and I found ourselves caught in the middle of it all last night while trying to drive a simple 15 minute straight line from Point A to Point B. I’ve [...]

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But You love me, anyway

Isaiah 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me, The tune lyrics below from The Sidewalk Prophets has been following me around the past few days. Isaiah was quite the “walking path” prophet in his own [...]

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Ocean’s 13?

There is a story, three stories actually, about a man named Danny Ocean: charismatic leader, good friend, and crook. Danny had an entourage of compatriots, and that entourage grew as the storyline continued, first eleven, then twelve, and finally totaling out at thirteen. Ocean is more than just a name. An ocean is a body [...]

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