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Winning Favor

Today I remember that I’m not fighting to win God’s favor. I already have it in full. I’m approved of, well-liked, and blessed because I’ve

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Be the Spoon

I read an illustration by Margaret Silf this morning about a beautiful potluck dinner she attended once. Imagine one particularly beautiful and delicious rice salad

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Ride the Wind

Outside my classroom, it snows pollen. I watch as furry puffs of seeds, buds, and dreaded pollen mingle and dance in the April wind. It’s

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Measured in Cookies

When you only make sugar cookies twice a year (Christmas and Easter), you can measure your growth by them. This year, my daughters stay by

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How You Know It’s a Good Thing

I’m teaching students how to review something. It seems simple, right? It seems obvious, natural, and everyday to evaluate something. Films, restaurants, art, clothing, technology.

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The Hue You Gain

The Weeping Cherry sends forth bright red buds, and the House Finches descend. Did you know that the male finch, with the bright red coloring,

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It Wasn’t Pretty

I officially had the worst intestinal virus ever. I literally cried out to God on my knees to have mercy on me! For 5 days,

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