Category: Year B
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Squatter
Once there was a man that decided to build a house. He collected the best materials and the finest craftsman that money could afford. He spared no expense. It was a magnificent building. Everyone who saw it spoke highly of it. While the man was out wandering the countryside, people…
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A to B to A
A to B. That’s all I want. A car that can get me from point A to B and back again. There are lots of fancy ways to do that. I read that some can even do a quarter mile in 6.5 seconds, which is fast, like fast fast, like…
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Swish Swoosh
The lungs go swish swoosh, swish swoosh. The heart goes thump-thump, thump-thump. One day, you figure out how to love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength. The whole of you unthinkingly loves your neighbor, too. Swish swoosh, thump-thump, love God, neighbor love, swish swoosh, thump-thump, love love.…
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And the Stone Rolled Away
When she was a young girl, she had a dream. That dream was beautiful, and she shared it with Jesus. She’d wanted to be a mother. She talked to God about it all the time, shared her love of children with everyone she met. Everyone agreed that she’d be a…
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Shipping Lane
No one knows how long she’d been adrift on that raft. A crew man first heard her cries and thought it was someone watching a show too loudly. He shouted in response to turn it down. But the crying didn’t go away and so he stepped out onto the deck…
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Not My Dog
I once asked for a dog. I thought I knew what I was asking for. My parents were skeptical, but they agreed. For my tenth birthday, they got me a dog. It was a sweet old lady that loved to run zoomies in the yard. But I hadn’t thought about…
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The Fifth Law of Thermodynamics
There should be a new law of physics. It would have to do with the fact that the more stuff you have, the more difficult it is to share it. We could call it the fifth law of thermodynamics. A body that focuses on collecting is likely to collect in…
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Training Wheels
I learned how to ride my bike last summer. When I first started learning, I had a hard time staying up. To help me out, they put the training wheels on. Training wheels are nice because I don’t fall down. But they also mean I have to stick to certain…
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Pack a Day
A pack a day for as long as she could remember. Joe’s mom had smoked a pack a day every day. She loved smoking, the flavor, the burn as she took a drag, the feel of lighting up after a good meal or with a cold drink. She always had…
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Where’s the Plunger?
“I would never!”“Well, it had to be done, so I did.”“Wasn’t it gross?”“A little, but it had to be done, and I was there, so I did it.”“Don’t they have people for that?”“Technically, yes, but like I said…”“Yeah, yeah had to be done, so you did it. You aren’t going…
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