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On My Way Home: Things Dads Do And Don't
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On My Way Home. Thoughts on Following Christ Through and Beyond Life's Heavy Traffic. Saturday, March 29, 2014. Things Dads Do And Don't. Today something triggered a synapse in my head and connected to a memory of my father and events not thought of in years. I was 16 at the time, a new kid in a new town at a new school. This move to little Dayton, Tennessee was just the latest in a life-long (my life, that is) series of moves to new jobs, better places, different rental houses, fresh starts. The four do...
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On My Way Home: October 2010
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On My Way Home. Thoughts on Following Christ Through and Beyond Life's Heavy Traffic. Saturday, October 23, 2010. Glimpses of Eternity/Video at Eleven. The news provides us with frequent examples of our fallen condition, of mankind’s propensity for destruction, exploitation and self-adulation. Wonderfully, on rare days, the news gives us a glimpse of the way things were supposed to be. There was the moment when the first rescuer descended into the mine. A blurry video feed showed his anticipated arri...
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On My Way Home: September 2012
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On My Way Home. Thoughts on Following Christ Through and Beyond Life's Heavy Traffic. Monday, September 17, 2012. We had an ordination service at our church this evening. There were seven men ordained for service as deacons. Most of them were young, as I was when I became a deacon almost 30 years ago. Different churches handle the ordination ceremony differently, I’m sure. At our church all the ordained men in the assembly are invited to line up and pray over the new deacons and lay hands on them. I̵...
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On My Way Home: March 2014
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On My Way Home. Thoughts on Following Christ Through and Beyond Life's Heavy Traffic. Saturday, March 29, 2014. Things Dads Do And Don't. Today something triggered a synapse in my head and connected to a memory of my father and events not thought of in years. I was 16 at the time, a new kid in a new town at a new school. This move to little Dayton, Tennessee was just the latest in a life-long (my life, that is) series of moves to new jobs, better places, different rental houses, fresh starts. The four do...
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On My Way Home: October 2009
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On My Way Home. Thoughts on Following Christ Through and Beyond Life's Heavy Traffic. Sunday, October 25, 2009. Up the green hill we walk. My finger in his grip. That will carry us down. Faster there’s no controlling. Blue heaven and sunshine. Smile down smile up. Up the green hill we walk. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Http:/ www.rabbitroom.com/. Http:/ whitstiles.wordpress.com/. Http:/ www.stilesonmarketing.com/. View my complete profile. Watermark template. Powered by Blogger.
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On My Way Home: June 2013
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On My Way Home. Thoughts on Following Christ Through and Beyond Life's Heavy Traffic. Friday, June 21, 2013. Flying With My Father. The week before Father’s Day I am headed home on a flight from Houston. The view out my window is something of a surprise this evening. I have forgotten how close Houston is to the coast. Within minutes we are over the Gulf of Mexico. It is moments like these that must have captivated my dad and compelled him to fly. Dad was good because flying came to him naturally. I w...
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On My Way Home: May 2011
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On My Way Home. Thoughts on Following Christ Through and Beyond Life's Heavy Traffic. Thursday, May 26, 2011. Every kid should have a favorite aunt. Every boy should have a favorite aunt like my Aunt Emmie. Emmie was fun, glamorous, adventurous and prone to spoil nephews with stuff like circus tickets and cotton candy. The mom gene pretty much passed Emmie by. Aunt Emmie was a presence I couldn’t get my prepubescent mind around. She had an effect on males of all ages. Though at age nine I c...Emmie also ...
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On My Way Home: December 2010
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On My Way Home. Thoughts on Following Christ Through and Beyond Life's Heavy Traffic. Monday, December 13, 2010. About some ideas and topics, our culture has what might be called a “lazy mind’s eye” or perhaps “mental myopia.” What I mean is that there are certain ideas that get communicated and repeated so consistently that most people just accept them as facts, without critical examination. A most prominent concept that is swallowed hook, line and sinker by apparently intelligent people is the idea tha...
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On My Way Home: July 2011
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On My Way Home. Thoughts on Following Christ Through and Beyond Life's Heavy Traffic. Saturday, July 2, 2011. Janice and I began our special year in Yosemite National Park. We arrived on New Year’s Day to the wonder of fresh snow falling. For three days we explored the magnificent valley, continually looking up at the towering cliffs and waterfalls, watching the choreography of light, cloud, snow, wind and granite. This is a tendency we all have. It does not matter how wonderful the miracles are all ...
