Upping the anty

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I’m upping the anty in my life. No more fooling around. I mean, really, how much longer can I fool myself that “tomorrow” I’m going to really go hard for God, really start loosing those pesky 25 lbs, etc. You know the routine. It’s time to belly up (no pun) and do what I want to do. Do what I …

Vignettes – Mary at the Cross

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She didn’t recognize him. Bruised, bloody, beaten. He stumbled under the weight of the thick splintered cross. Wind tunneled down the narrow street, billowing his blood soaked robe. Flesh hung and she could see the jagged edges of his skin and muscle. She could see through to the bone. Bile rose in her throat and tears streamed down her face …

Count Down to Deadline

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Well, ten days until my first WestBow book is due. Tony’s reading it now and well, it’s 11:40 p.m. and he’s well over his planned reading.He said, “You got me hooked.” And this from a sci fi reader. He’s doing a great job of recognizing things the are inconsistant with Robin Rae McAfee’s character. He’s also recognizing when a scene …

End and Change

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Coming home from youth church last night, I turned on the radio and it was tuned to an oldies station. Isn’t it amazing the power of music to transport our emotions to a different time, a different place? The song, which I can’t remember now, stirred my heart to remember my teenage years in Tallahassee. We had a lot of …

Special K Diet

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Is Special K serious? Eat 2 bowls of their cereal twice a day for two weeks and lose six pounds? Twenty-eight bowls of Special K? I don’t know what kind of whacky diet they’re trying to pass on the American public, but hey, I bought a box. Stay tuned… Tony filled in at the Vineyard this morning for Jim Bartholomew. …

Power of Agreement

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Amos 3:3 poses this question: how can any two walk together unless they have agreed? Do you find yourself walking in agreement with lies, negativity, self-pity, fear, depression? So much of our emotional battle on a day to day basis is our flesh and being in a world where the prince of the air, the devil, lies about us day …