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It’s my birthday!

Isn’t it funny how when we were five years old the arrival of our birthday was something that could keep us up at night in anticipation of the magic day?  “I am five!” we would proclaim to anyone within earshot.  This continued for maybe twenty years until our birthdays became just another day, maybe a […]

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Parallel Play

Last night after a beautiful day of travel my butterfly and I were relaxing in the hotel pool enjoying the interaction of people of all ages.  One of the Moms, watching her children play with complete strangers without conditions made the most interesting comment; “the kids love parallel play.” What she was referring to was the ability

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Miracles

This is the season when many of us are called to look upon miracles as depicted in Scripture.  How beautiful is that!  We allow ourselves to look at these events, revel in the wonder and joy of the events, and then we let the experience end right there.  Why?  Why are we so certain the age of

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Fatigue

OK, I admit it, after five days here at the All American Soap Box Derby, working from 6:30 in the morning until 9:00 at night, following a very interesting trip through Denver, I am feeling a little tired.  What keeps me going is the joy I see in the faces of the champions and their

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Life is amazing!

When I set out for the Soap Box Derby last weekend I wrote that I would report on what I learned from the young drivers, ages 7-17.  How delightful that at the Akron Rubber Ducks minor league baseball game Tuesday night I met an 89 year old Korean War veteran named Harold. Harold has an

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