Can your mind’s eye watch God giggle? Have you ever been the adult in the room so long you want to shatter the illusion? Do you like to laugh? Does God? Is your god so Old Testament he never relaxes, […]
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Boiled as an Owl
The old alcoholics, crafting their book to carry the message, spun pictures of words — the goose hung high, an alcoholic in his cups, boiled as an owl… but the words made sense for they spoke the language, shared the […]
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He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash […]
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Ladies don’t throw hissy fits. That’s one of the rules, the guide, the way to be a lady instead of merely female. Anger doesn’t become you. It’s not nice. “Nice” compels to hidden emotion, to choked down responses, to bearing […]
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I thought in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless. “Laughter,” I said, “is foolish. And what does pleasure accomplish?” I tried cheering myself […]
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