“His [Jesus] appearance in our midst has made it undeniably clear that changing the human heart and changing human society are not separate tasks, but are as interconnected as the two beams of the cross.” ~ Henri Nouwen, The Wounded Healer I have been to only one real concert and for the experience joined in […]

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” ~ Mark Twain “I love cons,” blurted Ivy just the other night. Thankfully, no, she does not have a bad boy addiction at the age of three. Instead she is a syllable dropper. I suppose, in her mind, […]

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“A true gentleman knows that a women should smell like butterflies and soft taffy and a man should smell like jet fighters and punching—so use this to smell like a man, man.” Old Spice Guy I love the new old spice commercials. A few feature a black man riding on a horse (sometimes backwards), declaring, […]

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The newspaper declared the Noro virus was creating havoc around Augusta. Which created an all too real flash back to our camp two summers ago; as Ivy went down, then Phoebe, then Megan… and on Friday it was me – just like the ride back from Hiwassee on the sick bus… Needless to say I […]

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“Why tip someone for a job I’m capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.”  ~  Dwight Schrute, on the office I turned thirty this week […]

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