Author: splendorinthesticks
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One Good Thing
Due to a bit of miscommunication, I wound up having some time during yesterday’s lunch break. (The miscommunication was a story in itself – I was using an old version of a church’s website and wound up being the only person there for an Ash Wednesday service that had taken place a year ago. The…
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One Good Thing
To many, today is Mardi Gras – the riotous end of the Carnivale season, presaging the solemnity of Lent. To some, it’s Shrove Tuesday, which is unofficially “Pancake Day.” I grew up with church pancake suppers on Shrove Tuesday, which at that time, were less about using up the sugar and butter in a house…
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One Good Thing
My Beloved is an avid tabletop gamer. He’s been doing this since he was aAny boy and he’s got a core group of friends (dating back to junior high!) that come to our house once a month to play for a few hours. Those friendships are so important to all of them and it’s great…