Tomorrow.

O Come, O Come Emmanuel.
In ancient liturgical worship, there is an Advent tradition called the O Antiphons. For the last seven days of Advent leading to Christmas Eve, the O Antiphons represented seven Scriptural attributes of Christ, one to be the focus of worship on each of these seven days. 
O Sapientia (Wisdom)
O Adonai (Lordship)
O Radix Jessee (Root [...]

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Smiling.

Sometimes I’m so grateful I don’t know what to do with myself.
True story.
This morning, as I sat in my silent living room drinking coffee and journaling, I literally looked out the window and smiled so big I thought my face would freeze. I must have looked like a four year old in the aisles of [...]

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Words.

I spent two hours on the phone last night with a thirteen year old girl whose life is in total shambles.
Two hours.
I might have said three minutes worth of words in the course of that two hours. For the most part, I just sat and listened. She unloaded one struggle after another, everything from family issues to cutting [...]

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I’m not frozen yet.

Today was the coldest day I’ve ever experienced in my life. EVER. I just don’t understand why temperatures are allowed to drop below zero…?
I’ve been here for two weeks already, and I can’t believe I haven’t taken the time to blog even once since my arrival.
I mean, I’ve only had a few things to do.
Like [...]

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Kansas.

True story.
“IMPORTANT NOTICE from Holiday Inn Express in Salina, Kansas: Please note that the hotel reserves the right to post additional charges for anyone caught cleaning game in hotel rooms.”
That notice is posted in three different locations on the check-in desk.
This raises several important questions for me:
1. How often has that happened that it deserved [...]

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