MuddyShoes: Life Gets Messy Sometimes …
Why the Name? – Read Here
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Lying to the Boys in Blue – childhoodmemory #9of10
Rebel. Criminal. Going against authority. They all applied to me. I lied to the PoPo, the 5-0, the Boys in Blue … and I got away with it. Over the next several posts (or so) I will share ten childhood memoriesand lessons I glean for today. Rebel. Criminal. Going against authority. They all applied to…
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Birthdays – When Do They End?
Birthdays – When Do They End? When I am writing this, it is my wife’s birthday. Wohoo! She is —— … Nevermind, I prefer a house that doesn’t have my wife mad at me. Let’s just say, she is significantly younger than me. When do they really stop making a big deal about birthdays? Shortly,…
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Closed Blue Ridge Parkway – Redirected
Closed Parkway It was a lovely day. The sky was clear and the air was cold. So I decided to head to the mountains. We have a houseguest. He has fallen oil love with the trees and countryside of Virginia. I get it. It’s nothing like the concrete and crowded urban area of south Dallas.…
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Take a Hike Kid – You Were Left Behind cm#8of10
I was left behind. I am not sure who was to blame – and it doesn’t matter – for I was left behind. So I hiked it … and I was only 9 years old. Over the next several posts (or so) I will share ten childhood memoriesand lessons I glean for today. I was…
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Sneak Peek – 1/15
Tomorrow in worship… Hebrews 6, a powerful and challenging text that tells us to grow up – and it challenges us that God has so much more for each of us We also introduced a new song … What He’s Done.
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Mouth Like a Sailor! cm#7of10
As a child, I was a sweet, precious little angel. Could do no wrong. But I had a secret. A vocabulary that was splattered with four letter words. That was – until my brother heard me one day and snitched to our mother. And after then, after that experience in the third grade … life…
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When a Bike is more than a Bike! cm#6of10
It was a thing of beauty. A master work of art and technology. A symbol of being part of the cool clique of society. And it was mine – or was it? Over the next several posts (or so) I will share ten childhood memoriesand lessons I glean for today. It was a thing of…
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Family Fotos – cm#5of10
It was long before the social media took over our lives – long before phones were there with cameras to capture the moments of our lives. But there are a few – oh so very few – photos that grab my childhood and put it down for posterity. Over the next several posts (or so)…
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MY World Turned Upside Down – CM#4of10
I was an inch away from death. My lungs were ripping apart within me. Could this be the end? Over the next several posts (or so) I will share ten childhood memoriesand lessons I glean for today. I was an inch away from death. My lungs were ripping apart within me. Could this be the…
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Sunday Sneak Peek … 1/8/23
Where will you spend this Sunday morning? or maybe a Saturday evening? I am referring to worship – one of the greatest privileges we have as the family of God. This weekend, our church has two great services – in one, we sing, praise, and dig into God’s Word. We will be in Hebrews 5.11-14.…
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