Rise (Lent #34)

Okay, I admit it.  I’m one of “those people” who are fascinated with zombies.  Not so fascinated that I participate in zombie parades or host zombie themed parties, but I enjoy (is that the right word?) The Walking Dead, have read World War Z, laughed at Shaun of the Dead, and have some zombie decals I’m very close to […]

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New (Lent #33)

“New and improved!” It’s a promise I’ve heard probably a hundred times (or more) in my lifetime.  One product or another trying to convince me the product they loved the day before is now even better. There’s more of it. It harder. It’s softer. It lasts longer. It’s tougher. The formula now does twice as much in […]

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Surround (Lent #32)

Surround…to embrace, to enfold, to engulf. I was surrounded in Russia (sorry, this is another “I was surprised by love” post). By surrounded I mean embraced by child after child in the orphanage we visited.  One child in particular I found to be extraordinarily gifted at surrounding me. And I liked it. I liked him snuggling […]

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