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Palm Sunday Without the Palms
By Ava Pennington— The crowds cheered. They spread their cloaks on the road. They cut palm branches and placed them in His path as Jesus rode into Jerusalem astride a donkey. Two thousand years later, many churches celebrate Palm Sunday by distributing palm branches to commemorate that special day. When I lived in New York, the church I attended observed many significant dates in the liturgical calendar, including Palm Sunday. I looked forward to receiving my strip of palm leaf as a tangible reminder of the...
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RENOVATION IN PROGRESS
By Peggy Still— In the town in which I live there is much renovation going on. A new transit system is being built, restoration of the old train depot is pending, and much is happening to our roads in preparation for all of this. The slowing traffic and detours cause impatience among commuters. A sign in one of the construction areas states, “Please excuse the inconvenience, renovations are in progress.” As I sat in my car waiting for the light to change I thought, aren’t we all a work in progress?...
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PUR-FEK-SHUN
By Sharon Ruff – Perfection has its own voice. It told me my value as a person was directly tied to how I performed. It told me that if I wasn’t faultless, I was worthless. Throughout my life I have heard Perfection’s constantly lying voice inside my head. It had locked me in a performance prison. I always longed to free myself from its grip. So finally, I planned my jail break. The ticket to my freedom came in a most unexpected way. I decided to take an online class, “The Gifts of Imperfection,” with...
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Not Blind
By Ava Pennington— The ophthalmologist used a swab to numb the white of my husband’s eye in preparation for the injection. I winced at the thought of keeping my eye open for an approaching needle. My husband is much braver than I am. But as he noted, it’s still better than the alternative: blindness. Few people, if any, would choose to be blind. Yet all too often, Christians speak of the necessity of blind faith. I cringe when I hear that term. Not because I don’t want unreserved faith in the Lord, but...
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Grace Gives Second Chances
Penny A. Bragg— Less than two years after I walked down the aisle to marry Clint, I walked out on our marriage. “What happened to us?” I wondered. After all, we flew through our first year together on the winds of a honeymoon high. But by the second year, irritations and differences between us—once fairly benign—evoked a steady stream of conflict. Our prayers for a permanent solution—or at least a quick-fix—remained unanswered. Before long we couldn’t agree on anything, including the source...
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