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March 30, 2021

Thoughts on “Am I Proud?”

Another week and another C.S. Lewis quote to ponder. This one is from one of my favorite Lewis classics Mere Christianity. I confess that it took me three tries to make it all the way through this thought-provoking book, but it was worth the effort....

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March 26, 2021

Paint Chips and a Line of Verse

This week we are in the L section of the poetry dictionary and there were a few fun options to choose from. I did consider limerick, but my cousin Ron already wrote limericks last week. The lai and the lai nouveau were viable options. I’ve...

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March 23, 2021

Thoughts on “What Do I Like to Do?”

For those of you who look forward to my C.S. Lewis musings, my apologies for skipping last week. I was swamped with work related to my position as the Oregon Christian Writers Cascade Writing Contest Coordinator. But I’m back to it now and today I’m...

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March 19, 2021

Paint Chip Poetry Free Write

My apologies to those of you waiting for today’s Paint Chip Poetry Prompt. I’m in the middle of coordinating the Oregon Christian Writers Cascade Writing Contest and it is taking much more time and energy than I thought it would. There is none left over...

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March 9, 2021

Thoughts on “Have I Given Up?”

It’s C.S. Lewis time again. I am loving getting back to this journal that lay dormant in my blank journal bin for far too long. And today’s quote comes from a letter I’ve not read before. I hope you like it. The Quote I know...

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March 7, 2021

All I Have Left: A Poem for Peggy

Today marks eight years since the day my sister Peggy died of breast cancer. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss her in some small way, sometimes in a big way. Last year I wrote this poem to submit to a publication that...

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March 5, 2021

Juxtaposition and Paint Chips

My choices were limited this week. I mean really limited. There is a single entry in the J section of the poetry dictionary. I don’t know what I’m going to do the next time we get to J. Other letters will have to provide more...

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March 2, 2021

Thoughts on “Seventy Times Seven”

I love the Psalms and C.S. Lewis’s reflections are inspiring. This quote in particular makes you think. Jesus really did say forgive “seventy times seven,” which literally means as many times as necessary. Ouch! That’s a hard truth to swallow along with our pride. So...

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