Reading Time: 5 minutes New Year’s Day cracked clear and Colorado blue, the kind of day people write love poems to. But I woke …
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Ancient of Days: Hear our prayer. We put away childish things. We set aside our toys. And hoisted our tools. …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes These are days of extreme fear. Not only because of COVID-19, however. According to the National Institute of Mental Health …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Father’s Day by it’s very nature is not all that jazzy of a holiday. Dad’s are really hard to buy …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes When I was a child I threw myself at life. Literally I flung myself over cliffs and down precipitous bike …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2007 I was despondent and depressed. My dream of living in my beloved Rockies was on life support. Again …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Sitting on a rooftop during lunchbreak with a fellow carpenter I marveled at the wild Colorado sky. Distant lightning bolts …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Mary’s Loss: Death When people think of paradox, they often think of contradiction and confusion. Good Friday is that kind …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Like you I’ve been trying to process the most recent senseless killings in Boulder (and Atlanta). I’ve started several …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes A divinely inspired imagination can bring peace of mind and actually develop faith.