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Pursuit of The Cross V: What are You Putting Into?

03/12/201705/24/2017 by abretall

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Last year, one time when I called to talk with my sweet 89 year-old Jean, I asked her the difference between faith and trusting in God. Her reply? "Well, faith is something you put everything into." She took what could be a complex topic and simplified it...just like that.…

My Sweet Jean – It Was for Me to Do.

03/03/201708/18/2017 by abretall

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"Thank You for Saying Yes." These are the words the pastor said to me as I sat graveside following Jean's service last June. He said he visited her many times when she still lived in her house and she spoke fondly of me and she loved me. We met- 22 years…

Pursuit of the Cross IV -What Do You Now See?

02/26/201708/18/2017 by abretall

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Talking with a good friend last year I shared my reading of Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life book. She told me she read it a handful of years ago. Really? We used to work together and would share books we were reading, but this one was not mentioned. In…

Where is Your Peaceful?

02/20/201708/18/2017 by abretall

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One year before she passed, my grandmother by blood moved from a space she lived for 72 years- 59 years with grandpa and 13 years on her own after he passed. Seventy-two years in the same house. 72 years.Visiting her several times before she moved she said she will miss…

Pursuit of the Cross III- The Wonder of Three’s

02/12/201708/18/2017 by abretall

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Along my spiritual journey last year I had several signs of three. It took the 3rd for me to receive the nudge, to hear the hint, to get the message. One of these started last February with a friend mentioning Rick Warren's book The Purpose Driven Life. Had I read…

The Feeling of Alive.

01/17/201706/02/2017 by abretall

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My mother recently gave me a gift—the view into a time passed. A photo of my sister (right) and I (left), she age 3 and me age 2. Since receiving I have been thinking about this image. My mom digitalized all the old "slides" from the 1970’s. I remember watching…

Finding A Little Girl in Cuba

10/15/201608/18/2017 by abretall

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Yesterday I posted about meeting a little girl in Cuba. Today I want to share how I found her. A day after meeting this little girl in Cuba (one year ago), I was still thinking about her. Having dinner the prior evening with Santana, a local taxi driver we met…

Meeting A Little Girl in Cuba

10/14/201608/18/2017 by abretall

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One year ago today, October 14, 2015, while traveling in Cuba, I met this little girl. Walking outside of Ernest Hemingway’s estate to see more of how Cubans really live, I took a photo of the surrounding neighborhood, turned around, and there she was... just looking at me. I asked…

Now Showing – Signs of Life

09/10/201605/24/2017 by abretall

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Now Showing - Signs of Life I had a real sense of accomplishment last month, September 10, 2016 to be exact. A creative project I've been working on for 6 months, little by little, an idea that came to fruition. My adopted grandmother Jean, who passed away 3 months ago,…

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