Category: Religion
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Milestones and other hard things –
April 1st 1996 I quit smoking. I am still a non-smoker. Although I have been told a few times, when drinking too much, I took a drag or two. Still, eleven years of not smoking. April 4th 2007, 10 months of not drinking. No, not sips or tastes when, well, not when drinking, that’s for…
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Hey God, it’s me.
I another life time, world, in a body I do not recall at all, I was privileged enough to attend a parochial school. Christian of the Lutheran flavor. At the time I was a pretty solid believer and had eyes on the big prize of pastoring. That, like so many other good ideas, went away,…
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Knock Knock?
How fast does a though occur? Where does it start, get all it parts and pieces, to put itself together and invade the gray matter? Give itself form and with that, give itself meaning, strength. Power. How does something without any true existence have power? Where does this intangible, not really there thing, get the…
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3 for 3 and still surprised
Three years (+/- a few days) ago, a Maundy Thursday, an man placed his right hand on my left shoulder, leaned forward so close out hair and foreheads lightly touched. He prayed for me. Or, is it ‘over’ me? It was, without a doubt, about me. I had spoken few words to this man and…
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Wheat free eating –
Let me begin with this – I have a final tomorrow and not much confidence in the outcome. I should be studying for it but my brain has turned to mush. That is a warning. What comes next may not make any sense. I have almost no intention of re-reading or editing or attempting to…
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Struggling with addiction?
Bullshit. I am not struggling with it at all. I just quit. Just like I quit smoking 10 plus years ago. Just like I quite cocaine 20 plus/plus years ago. Do in need the mantle of “alcoholic” to be or stay sober? Do I need “The Program” to stay sober? Sadly, only time will tell.…
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Hints
OK, I’m sitting around scratching my head and my ass trying to figure it all out. Where am I? Where am I going? What am I doing to get there from here and how shall I mark the trail back, just in case? More than an a little disillusioned / concerned / confused / apathetic…
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Nothing special –
OK, I know there should be, must be something I want to say. Some deep thang I have discovered about myself, life, God. A new delicacy easy to manage in my kitchen. A success on stage or goal met in school. Maybe just a good day. To use an over used expression, I got nothing.…
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Vulnerability !?!?
Yesterday in church, the message included a question. (OK, it always does but this one I want to write about) Well, lemme go back a bit. We are in the Lenten season, forty days before Easter. (Just removed my description of what it means, Google is your friend here) Tod will be teaching on/about discipleship…
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8 months
Well, I forgot about this. 8 months today. On the calender system. Funny, today I have to go to court against my old sponsor. Well, not funny at all. Might I suggest never mixing your AA program and employment? Sponsor-less, stuck in the middle of my fourth step and really thinking I need to go…
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