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Monthly Archives: June 2012

A point of entry

By terryhershey | June 26th, 2012

It is coffee hour on a summer Sunday–that time after church service when we sip coffee (or if we’re brave, some unidentifiable fruit juice) and chat about the weather, the week’s news, or if it’s memorable, the sermon. Whatever we’re talking about, there are times when we’re aware of a self-conscious nudge to keep up [...]

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Looking for Miracles

By terryhershey | June 18th, 2012

Going through his five-year-old son’s backpack, a father found a picture of a little boy standing under a rainbow crying.  His first thought was, “Oh God, my son is having some serious problems.” When he asked his son about the picture, the little boy told his father that he had been playing at school, and [...]

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This is the life

By terryhershey | June 12th, 2012

I received an email from my friend in Texas, “Okay… how do I keep balance? I am feeling overwhelmed by the book and a year or more of travel, signing, speaking engagements, 2 houses, 4 dogs, 3 B&B’s, and a partridge in a pear tree, and not being 20 any more, and on and on. [...]

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Taking possession of my life

By terryhershey | June 4th, 2012

“We should do this more often.” A middle-aged man is speaking to a woman standing at his side. (Well, shall we say north of middle-age?) I am doing what I do best: Eavesdropping. The couple is leaning on the upper deck railing of a Washington State Ferry on a summer day.  We are headed across [...]

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