Jason
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For God So Loved His Children
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in ReflectionsIn her first two-plus years of life, my daughter Lucy has only been sick a few times. For that, Kim and I count our blessings, as there is nothing more miserable and sad and pathetic than a sick little kid. In those times when she is suffering, I’d happily take on her sickness and carry…
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Happy Father’s Day, God
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in ReflectionsHave you heard the story about the married couple photographed together at Disney World 15 years before they met? The couple didn’t know each other, and they didn’t even live in the same country at the time the photograph was taken: That fateful realization came just one week before their wedding eight years ago. Alex and Donna…
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Free Will and the Pizza Parlor
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in ReflectionsOnce upon a time, there was a little girl. With her birthday just days away, her parents announced that as part of her gift, she could pick any restaurant she wanted to go to for dinner. She debated and deliberated. She hemmed and hawed. She asked her mom where she thought she should go. She asked…
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When God Shouts At You
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in ReflectionsI recently experienced one of my best days ever. I had a program in St. Cloud, Minnesota for an association of secretaries, and it couldn’t have gone better. They were a squirrelly group, and we had a blast. When I stopped at Applebee’s for dinner on the way home, I was still on a bit…
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Shedding Light on What Keeps You Up at Night
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in ReflectionsWhen you were little, were you ever afraid of the dark? I sure was. From horns and hair to scabs and skeletons, thinking about what lurked among the shadows was an all-you-can-eat buffet for my imagination. In fact, I may not have made it through childhood without that humble but powerful life-saving device known as…