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Share Four Somethings: May 2021

by Lois Flowers May 25, 2021
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Last Monday, after a weekend of rain and sickness, the blues washed over me. I pushed through the items on my to-do list just to remain productive. (It’s good, sometimes, to put yourself on auto-pilot and take care of the next thing.)

At one point, I found myself sitting at the basement computer, fighting the urge to check my favorite news and political commentary sites. It struck me, in that moment, how much like a drug the Internet can be. I was feeling bad, and the thing that would make me feel better was a mere click away.

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May 25, 2021 34 comments
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When You Long to Feel God’s Pleasure

by Lois Flowers May 18, 2021
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Last fall, I wrote about how hard it is to let go—of the treadmill when I’m running on it, and of other things we might not even realize we have firmly in our grasp.

In this blog post, I also wondered if I would ever feel God’s pleasure when I run, or if that feeling was reserved for Olympians who refuse to race on Sunday. (I was referring, of course, to Eric Liddell and his famous quote in Chariots of Fire: “I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.”)

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May 18, 2021 20 comments
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If You Feel Like Giving Up on God

by Lois Flowers May 11, 2021
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Not too long ago, I read where yet another person from some well-known Christian circle has revealed that he longer believes.

Not that he’s decided to leave the evangelicalism of his youth or convert to Catholicism (although those transitions make headlines too), but that he no longer believes in God at all.

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May 11, 2021 24 comments
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Do You Feel Like Your Sparkles Have Fallen Off?

by Lois Flowers May 4, 2021
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A few months ago, I received a hand-crafted Valentine from my daughter. On the cover, “Happy Valentine’s Day” was written in gold glitter.

Inside, the message said, “Don’t shake your card too hard or all your sparkles will fall off.”

It’s so much like my daughter, to give me a card with instructions. It makes me smile to think of it even now, all these weeks later.

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May 4, 2021 38 comments
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Share Four Somethings: April 2021

by Lois Flowers April 27, 2021
by Lois Flowers

Last week at this time, there was snow in the forecast. Today, we’re expecting a high of 86 degrees. It’s April in Kansas, after all.

I’m not a fan of waiting until the last minute. I would have preferred to have finished this post last week, not one day before it gets published. But real life takes precedent, and lately, that has included (among many other things) night-time driving practice with Molly and talking to my sister on the phone and helping Randy install a little concrete slab for our city issued recycling and yard waste carts.

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April 27, 2021 34 comments
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Is it Time to Update Your Life Playlist?

by Lois Flowers April 20, 2021
by Lois Flowers

I’m the last person to adopt any kind of new technology. Ask anyone at my house and they’ll tell you the same thing, emphatically and without hesitation.

I held on to my push-button Tracfone much longer necessary, endlessly annoying my loved ones with the length of time it took me to tap out replies to texts. (By the time they got my answer, they’d forgotten what they asked me in the first place.)

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April 20, 2021 29 comments
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