“Remember when he got his acceptance letter?” my wife and I asked each other (more than once). “Remember when we dropped him off in the circle that first day?”
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“Remember when he got his acceptance letter?” my wife and I asked each other (more than once). “Remember when we dropped him off in the circle that first day?”
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Posted by Rick Becker on June 7, 2018
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2018/06/07/an-extended-circle/
Brave men are vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
~ G.K. Chesterton
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Posted by Rick Becker on June 1, 2018
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/leaning-on-green-of-ice-skating-down-syndrome-and-ordinary-time/
Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals (Ps 150.5).
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Posted by Rick Becker on July 26, 2017
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/symphony-of-humility/
It was a striking contrast — the brand-new dorm already filled with brand-new freshmen, and my daughter, the budding medievalist, keeping us connected to our past.
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Posted by Rick Becker on August 23, 2016
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/welcome-weekend-from-the-other-side-of-the-car-window/
Justify your episcopal dignity by your unceasing concern for the spiritual and temporal welfare of your flock.
Give yourself to prayer continually, ask for wisdom greater than you now have, keep alert with an unflagging spirit.
The greater the toil, the richer the reward.
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Posted by Rick Becker on February 4, 2016
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/a-memorial-tribute-to-a-good-shepherd/