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Not Kim Kardashian
Last week I felt pretty good. Maybe you did too. I was thinking, “Boy I’m glad I’m not Kim Kardashian, Rick Perry, or Joe Paterno!” And then there’s Jerry Sandusky who, this week admitted to “Horsing...
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Hiding in plain sight
Confession: Some days are just “mess-up-not-good-enough-sin-over-and-over-again” days. Of course, every day is that in reality, but some just feel more that way. John has been out of town so I’ve been...
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Three Challenges of Authenticity and Grace
The other day I made a confession here on the blog and then wrote, “There, now you know what a truly horrible, small-minded person I am.” I meant it. It was something I was embarrassed to admit. And...
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Three Ideas for Dealing with Mice and Dirty Little Secrets
I see myself as a pretty darn adventurous person. I love a challenge. I’ll go anywhere in the world and I’m open to eating bugs. Daughter Maggie and I were finalists to compete in the Amazing Race...
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Hungry for More Than Christmas Cookies
Today I was supposed to go to Weight Watchers. Instead I made Christmas cookies. And by that I mean I made Jeans Bars, so named because they’re guaranteed to make your jeans tight. Yeah. I know, I...
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On Gossip and Ashes and Enough
I heard a really juicy bit of gossip the other day. It was about someone many of you would know. It was not favorable. And it was really tempting to shout it from the rooftops like some ancient town...
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Dance. Just for Today
I’m tired of significant and meaningful and reflective. I’m tired of seriousness and sin. I’m weary of North Korea, and Congo and terror in Boston. I want someone else to be responsible for today....
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Dear Movies About All of the Things in the Real World,
Dear Movies About All of The Things in the “Real” world, I’m writing you to put you on notice. I’m taking away your stars and giving you a rotten tomato. You may get critical blah blah for being...
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Four Words That Can Change Your Day
The other day I was driving back home after dropping a friend at the airport. On the highway someone merged in front of me into the right lane going about 30 mph. There was another car in the left...
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Two Responses to What Lies Beneath
On my list of gifts, one that recurs often is “fresh snow” (Lou Malnati’s pizza is also a top runner). Snow is as magical as fairy dust to me. It’s a good thing I love it, because I live where...
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When Mistakes Have Been Made and You Don’t Know What to Do
I vividly remember the second time I ever saw my husband, John. He was up in front of the congregation at the church I was attending. He was the youth pastor, fresh out of seminary and it was his first...
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When Mistakes Have Been Made and You Want to Hide
I’ve titled this series “When Mistakes Have Been Made”, but I’m thinking that may minimize what we’re talking about and what many of us experience. Maybe the title should be something more like “When...
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What to do When You Want to Flip off the Other Guy
I was stuck in a single lane of traffic, late for a meeting, with a car in front of me from Rhode Island and a driver who couldn’t decide which way she wanted to turn (bless her heart). AAARRRRGGHHH!...
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Why I Don’t Like Lent
Last week was Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. I was in Florida and John was in Thailand when he wrote this in an email: Can I let you in on a secret? I’m so much more a Christmas guy than an...
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The T.V. Preacher and Me
Very early most mornings at Starbucks, my elderly gentleman friend Stan, walks over from his home in the neighborhood to buy his morning paper and stops by my “office” to chat. The other day he was...
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