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the rogue rooster

In a month, it will become a quilt. This land, dark earth soil, turned now and filled with seed, will become a picture of beauty. Green, youthful stalks of corn shooting upward, drenched in sun and song and they will dance in the cool Iowa breeze. And the beans, a mosaic of beauty, shorter than…

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waking up to a dream

It’s a funny thing, to get lonely in the middle of the day with the sun streaming in the windows. It’s warmth penetrates the room, sneaking through blinds to fall across the bed we sleep on. “Just a nap,” I told her earlier, “Won’t you come nap with me?” She’s wrestling with the vacuum hose…

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a call to notice

It says it here… The stars are the very breath of our Father. And when we take but a moment to notice such a simple thing as the stars… We notice Him. Enter the quietness… Sit with me here. In silence, our hearts slow their beating and our hands join together in praise to the…

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why our work should be a mission

He smiles when he talks construction. The contractors are all excited for the ground, finally thawed, to be broken and the busyness of it all lands on my desk in blue-inked sketches and rebate forms and approved estimates with signatures.  I want to be excited too, like my dad in the office next to mine,…

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renewal

A   llow the weekend to wash over you, my friends… Let it cleanse away the weary. Let each drop renew your spirit. And when the rain is over, when all the world is made new… may His crazy love break through and shine upon your face. Linking with… And….  Enter the quietness… Sit with…

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