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Backwards and Forwards
Two weeks from today will be one year since the doctor declared Tracy dead. There’s something (I was about to say “indescribable,” but then realized that I’m describing it) about reaching the one year mark. The first year is full of adjustments. It’s full of “firsts.” The first Valentine’s Day without my wife (just 3…
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Confession and Counseling
There are a few seminary moments etched so clearly in my mind, times that I received a real pearl of wisdom. One of the most important was the day when the Rev. Dr. Walter Eversley summed up a point he was making with, “I am a priest. I am not a psychotherapist. It is not…
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Take care of your body, too!
Christmas went well. There were moments of strong feelings, but only at the very end did I start to feel so overwhelmed, that I might not be able to pull together everything that “needed” to be done. At that point I took a deep breath, made to-do lists for the last couple days before Christmas…
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Seek ye first
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 It’s no wonder that Christmas time is overwhelming, even in the good times. Though it’s trendy to complain of the commercialization of Christmas (and has been for decades; I remember the Peanuts gang…
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All Grief Is One
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 Human beings measure things. We count, we weigh, we quantify. We then take those measurements and use them to compare. How did we do this year versus last year? How much does this person have relative to that person? Who…
The Joyful Widower 