Often greatness is a courageous response to an unexpected event. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I daydream about doing something fantastic with my life. During Lent, I often talk to God about what he/she wants me to do with the remainder of my life, assuring God I will be up to it whatever…

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Unless you are a meteorologist or a TV weather person, wind is a mystery. The wind affects a lot of things such as airplane flight and windmills. We use the wind, but we cannot control it. We feel the wind, but we cannot see it. Why am I talking about the wind? Today the wind…

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I composed a great Pew in my sleep last night. Problem is, I can’t remember word of it. Very few of my dreams stay with me by the time I wake. If I told a particular friend of mine about my dream, he would exclaim, “Wonderful,” and remind me that that dreamwork is the most…

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At Pawleys Island, the ocean is on one side of the main road and the marsh is on the other side. The house we rent faces the marsh. Most mornings we wake to absolute quiet and a stillness in the waters of the marsh. It is the perfect setting for meditation and converstion with God.…

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Spending time on Pawleys island hardly seems to be consistent with a more traditional view of Lenten discipline. As opposed to a lenten sacrifice, Suzy and I are splurging, despite it being a time in our life, when we shouldn’t. Why are we splurging? Well, during my health hiccup last fall, Suzy and I told…

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