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Tag Archives: meaning of life
Dandelions Are Human Weeds
Inspired by my earlier post “Damnedelions“ It’s that time of year when even amid the hushes of snow dandelions appear. How like us they are arranging themselves about their clocks terrified of being uprooted. Created to live for a season … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Creator, eternal, fear, immortality, longing, meaning of life, purpose, spring, weeds
28 Comments
Me: Some Assembly Required
My Real Memoir A pile of bricks. That was my life at age 15. And I loved it. I saw no need for mortar to fit them all together. I was enamored with discovering all the things I thought, felt, … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, Beatles, meaning of life, music, My Real Memoir, passion, talent, teenager
37 Comments
The Biggest Event of Your Life
We plan our lives around big events, birthdays, marriages, moves to new places. So why do we ignore the biggest event of all? Death. Shouldn’t that, more than anything else, affect the way we live? And if there’s even the … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged afterlife, death, eternity, George MacDonald, meaning of life, planning, purpose
25 Comments
More Like Him
“We are His children, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.” ~1 John 3:2
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged 1 John 3:2, Creator, discipleship, God, meaning of life, spiritual growth, wholeness
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The Year I Invented Myself
My first actor headshots, age 14 My Real Memoir Almost the moment we hit our teens, we become sentient beings. Before that we’re racoons: too clever for our own good (or at least our parents’ good), and basically untamable. Not … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Movies
Tagged 1960s, acting, funny, meaning of life, My Real Memoir, purpose, teenagers
34 Comments
The Perfect Church Service
“The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.” ~C.S. Lewis “I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged C.S. Lewis, church, eternity, God, Jeremiah 24:7, meaning of life, worship
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If You Know the Way…
“Live life with a due sense of responsibility, not as those who do not know the meaning of life, but as those who do.” ~Ephesians 5:15 In other words: If you know the way, show the way. †
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Ephesians 5:15, evangelism, hope, meaning of life, purpose, sharing, the way
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Your Purpose
Thought for the Week: “The purpose of your life did not begin with you, and it will not end with you.” ~The Wishing Map
Posted in Culture, Quips and Quotes
Tagged calling, eternity, Labor Day, life, meaning of life, purpose, The Wishing Map, work
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Bringing Grandpa Home
My Real Memoir Somewhere along the line Grandma and Grandpa McLaughlin had moved from Los Angeles to the foot of California’s San Gabriel Mountains. Dating back to the early 1900s, the town of Upland was full of half-timbered craftsman homes … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, change, childhood, death, grandparents, life, meaning of life, My Real Memoir
55 Comments
Thoughts for Living
I’m up to my proverbial eyeballs in projects once again – the chiefest of which is my daughter’s wedding (which I’m officiating, btw)! Hence, I’ll be on hiatus for a week or so. Therefore, this is the perfect time for you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged life, meaning of life, motivation, purpose, thought for the week, truth, wisdom
13 Comments