With God as Our Father

The Bible repeatedly refers to God as father and his followers as his children. Dependent upon our relationships with our earthly parents, this can either be a calming thought or one that leads to tension. Some of us were taught that our heavenly father was mostly a judge who showed his disappointment and anger when…

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Don’t Miss Your Life

The perfect Father’s Day song. Don’t Miss Your Life (Phil Vassar and Charlie Black – Listen to it at http://www.philvassar.com/) On a plane to the west coast Laptop on my tray Papers spread across my seat A big deadline to make An older man next to me said, “Sorry to intrude Thirty years ago, my busy…

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Grand Optimist

Okay, I will confess, I am obsessed with a song. I have listened to it dozens of times in the last few days. Ever since I saw it performed on the Juno Awards I have been obsessed with Dallas Green’s song, “The Grand Optimist.” Dallas Green who performs as “City and Colour” won the songwriter…

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