Taking part amid seasonal change
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Taking part amid seasonal change

The weather is finally starting to cool down (sort of) and we are marching into myfavorite season of all – Fall! I don’t know why this is my favorite time of year, having beenborn and raised right here in the middle of Texas, we don’t really have much of a true Fall.Nonetheless, it is my...

Giving Thanks, Even in a Season of Mourning
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Giving Thanks, Even in a Season of Mourning

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a timeto die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted – Ecclesiastes 3:1-2Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in...

Do good for others; it’s good for you!
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Do good for others; it’s good for you!

“Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can,In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can,As long as ever you can.” ― John WesleyAnd let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season...

Sharing Our Voice
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Sharing Our Voice

Hello CCC! I came across a podcast recently with a story I had shared with everyone a couple years ago, but it seemedworth sharing again. This was a TED Talk on the power of our voices, how voices are unique, and what doesthat mean for people who use synthetic voices to communicate? This was particularly...

Chaos is what happens right before change.
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Chaos is what happens right before change.

As I sit down to write this month’s article, there is much swirling around in my brain. Have you everseen that meme that says, “My brain is like an internet browser: 12 tabs are open, 5 are not responding,there’s a GIF playing on an endless loop and where is that annoying music coming from?” So...

Our Roots Survive
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Our Roots Survive

I visited my brother Mark’s family homestead in the Colorado mountains last month – my first visit since wildfires ravaged hundreds of thousands of acres surrounding his cabin last fall. The miraculous seedlings and sprouts of the first spring after fire have already grown deep roots and begun to flower. The tips of some tall...