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A few months ago, when I was writing devotions for Lent, I came across a Thanksgiving story that I turned into a Christmas story … and now I’m turning back into a Thanksgiving story. Well, sorta. You be the judge.

The story is in Luke 17:11-19 and (oddly) it reminds me of being a parent at Christmas.

Jesus enters a village. Ten lepers call out for healing, and Jesus tells them to head toward church and they’ll be healed along the way.

The ten lepers do this, and all ten are healed, but only one of them returns to thank …

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Smart Brevity

Emails, snail mail, Slack messages, texts, books, tweets, posts, blogs, reports, articles, shared documents … we are awash in communications!

Shouldn’t we stop a moment and think about how we write all this stuff?

Back in 2020, when the world felt unprecedented, a friend suggested the news service Axios. Short, simple emails that cover the top news stories in 2-3 minutes arrive each day, with links to go deeper.

Just recently the founders of Axios have written Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More With Less.

The world needs this book.

At least I do. And many …

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Christmas Already?

The pumpkins are on the front porch and the leaves are falling, so it must be Christmas season, right???

Okay, I know it’s a cliche to joke about how fast Christmas arrives. But when you think about what a BIG deal it is, you can see why people plan early.

Even that first Christmas had a lot of planning — new shoes for the donkey, extra diapers packed, maps to Bethlehem, and more. It sounds like everything was well planned … except for that — oops — hotel reservation.

So I’m busy planning for Christmas while Fall surrounds us. Or …