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The Redwoods Asked Me, “What If Your ‘Today’ Must Die?”

by Shawn May 9, 2012
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The Redwood trees stood massive and solemn, some close to 300 feet tall, some over 500 years old. I felt small and insignificant under their kind shadows. Like an ant. Or a long-forgotten worry. They once stood silently while the first Europeans docked their ships and slid small boats up on to the sand of [...]

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Don’t Be Afraid to Look Your Worst Fear in the Eye

by Shawn May 8, 2012
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The following is a guest post by my friend Kevin Haggerty. He and his wife recently bought a house and made a baby, just before the school where he worked decided to let him go. Now he’s in transition. Check it out. A couple of weeks ago, Shawn published a great post about his trepidation [...]

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Hair Falling

by Shawn May 7, 2012

to my aunt, whose strength and resolve in her battle against cancer gives all of us hope and courage when hair falls into a pile it does not fall straight the way it hung from your head just moments before the muggy May night hangs from the streetlights      leans around corners     taps on the large [...]

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Pictures of Our Pacific Sunset

by Shawn May 6, 2012

We made a last minute decision to park Willie at a truck stop and take the minivan on a mini-adventure on a short stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway (the minivan feels like a sports car after driving the bus – it shall henceforth be referred to as The Silver Bullet). Being in Salinas, we [...]

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Prayers That Feel Like Misplaced Correspondence

by Shawn May 5, 2012
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It’s one of those melancholy nights that come three-fourths of the way through a trip, when you’re sad that so much of the trip is behind you, and sad that you still have so far to go before getting home. The kids played at the back of the bus, Sammy’s little shout punctuating their pretend [...]

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The Life of Faith: Less Sense, Added Meaning

by Shawn May 4, 2012
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I have made some very expensive transactions on this trip. Nearly everywhere we’ve gone, I’ve gained something, and I’ve left something behind. In Virginia, we gained a kind friend who treated my kids like they were his grandchildren. He built a small fire under that southern night sky for marshmallow roasting. And I left a [...]

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Change the Course of a Life: Be an Encourager

by Shawn May 3, 2012

There are plenty of completely legitimate reasons not to encourage someone. Encouragement could lead them to some kind of disastrous failure, the kind from which people do not easily recover. Then I would feel responsible and guilty. And I’m not a big fan of feeling responsible for someone else’s downfall. I enjoy feeling guilty even [...]

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