“Pilate told the people that they could choose to spare the life of either a murderer named Barabbas or Jesus of Nazareth, and they chose Barabbas. Given the same choice, Jesus, of course, would have chosen to spare Barabbas, too.” – Frederick Buechner, Peculiar Treasures Ivy received fish for Christmas. More accurately a gift card […]

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On Christmas morning, before the chaos filled unwrapping, we stopped to read the Christmas story. Of shepherds, angels, and wisemen. We then took communion together as a family. It was a good moment. The girls were amazingly calm and listening, especially with presents so close. So much of life is a rush. We arrive at the end […]

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Phoebe’s feet were wrinkled by water. She wore her snowboots all day. Water proof boots don’t let the water in, but neither do they let the sweat out. So her socks were soaked. I suggested wearing different shoes or changing socks when she got home. We did not want athletes foot or some fungus to […]

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Our family returned to Augusta for the first time since we left, four years ago. On Wednesday we joined the students in worship, and the youth minister called me forward. Ugh. Game time. It is much better to be the one with the mic in these moments. The youth minister also called up Andy, who […]

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During our vacation drive a car tried to cut me off. They flashed lights. I am sure offered a few enlightening hand gestures and words… Crazy drivers. We are in a rental car and a few minutes later I tried to figure out how to raise the instrument lights on the dashboard. It was dusk […]

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