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Jesus does the unthinkable. He picks up a towel, ties it around his waist, and pours water into a basin. Then, he approaches his friends. He takes their stinky, dirt-encrusted, calloused feet in his own hands—hands that within hours would show their love again by having Roman nails driven into them—and washes those feet clean….
I cut dogwood limbs from the tree in the front yard. Knobby grey buds are still tight, not yet ready to open. Pulling my earthenware pitcher down from the shelf, I place it on the table. The dogwood limbs go into the jug, along with some water. The branches are now ready to be transformed…
I recently started a new journal. It’s something I love to do. Truly, it doesn’t take much to make me happy! I love picking out the blank book I’ll be using for the next year or so. Choosing the design, the size, deciding between lined or unlined. Feeling the crisp blank paper makes me excited…
Christmas is a time for classics. It is time for grandpa’s famous eggnog and grandma’s annual pecan pie. It’s time for favorite Christmas carols around the old piano and movie marathons of White Christmas and Holiday Inn. And it’s also time for our own family’s tradition of pulling out our favorite Christmas picture books and…
We sit around the table amidst the morning breakfast mess: hot bowls of oatmeal, spilled milk, crumpled napkins. “So what are you thankful for today,” I ask the kids, spooning a mouthful of my own oatmeal, sprinkled with brown sugar and cranberries. “Legos!” one son shouts, waving a spoon into the air like a salute….