Working It Out As I Go

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Figure It Out Kid!
“I learned something today, Dad.” “Oh yeah? What’s that buddy?” “I learned the starting pay where I want to work is only like $12-$13 an hour. That’s…
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You Are My Density
“Loraine, you are my density.” “What?” “My destiny.” “Ohhhh.” An awkward George McFly stumbled through his attempt to invite Loraine to the “Enchantment…
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How Are You Today?
“How are you today?” I shook my head in reply and said, “It came later today. I’m still recovering.” I’d spent the last ten minutes sitting in the…
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The Night is for Stillness (Revisited )
AKA Adventures in Panic Attacks and Ambulance Rides
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Sunshine and Surgery, Boat Rides and Baptism, Mimosas and Mourning
“Here! Take this.” She shoved a small bottle of sterile water into my hand. I wedged my way in carefully between the respiratory therapist and the nurse…
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Dad, can I talk with you for a few minutes?
Adventures with 13-year-old humans
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These Tears Felt Different
Something broke inside of me. I stood in the corner of the room as she buried her face in the soft blanket that covered her daughter’s still and silent…
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I Am Not Alone
The Gospel according to chapped lips and bloody wrists
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August 2023
It’s not magic, or rocket science… just love.
I don’t know why, but I trust you. You have kind eyes. God loves me? Do you really believe that? Thank you. Would you stay with me for a while? I feel…
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Let Me Introduce You to My Friend Faith
“Thank you for proclaiming a gospel that rings true!” She caught me off guard. I’d just led the first of five two-hour sessions at camp. I never quite…
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Faith Worley
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You Have an Impossible Job
adventures in self-doubt and light-bearing
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God does not look at you as a no good, rotten, dirty, messed up, broken sinner
God looks at you as a beloved child of God, created in the image of God who is LOVE
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