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Blue skies, lots of the white stuff, and one happy canine.

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January 12, Romans 13:10

“Don’t run up debts, except for the huge debt of love you owe each other. When you love others, you complete what the law has been after all along. The law code—don’t sleep with another person’s spouse, don’t take someone’s life, don’t take what isn’t yours, don’t always be wanting what you don’t have, and any other “don’t” you can think of—finally adds up to this: Love other people as well as you do yourself. You can’t go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.”

Romans 13:10 MSG – A verse of the day from the Bible presented in Eugene Peterson’s contemporary version called The Message. Accompanied by a personal reflection below.

A debt of love.  May it be that you always feel that you are in someone’s debt to return the love.  And may it also be that you cause others to feel indebted to you because of the love that you shower onto them.  This is the only kind of debt that is acceptable to be burdened with.

 

 
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When a Little TLC Goes a Long Way

When a Little TLC Goes a Long Way

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“…For speechlessness and all its inflections…”

Appeal to the Grammarians

by Paul Violi
We, the naturally hopeful,
Need a simple sign
For the myriad ways we’re capsized.
We who love precise language
Need a finer way to convey
Disappointment and perplexity.
For speechlessness and all its inflections,
For up-ended expectations,
For every time we’re ambushed
By trivial or stupefying irony,
For pure incredulity, we need
The inverted exclamation point.
For the dropped smile, the limp handshake,
For whoever has just unwrapped a dumb gift
Or taken the first sip of a flat beer,
Or felt love or pond ice
Give way underfoot, we deserve it.
We need it for the air pocket, the scratch shot,
The child whose ball doesn’t bounce back,
The flat tire at journey’s outset,
The odyssey that ends up in Weehawken.
But mainly because I need it – here and now
As I sit outside the Caffe Reggio
Staring at my espresso and cannoli
After this middle-aged couple
Came strolling by and he suddenly
Veered and sneezed all over my table
And she said to him, “See, that’s why
I don’t like to eat outside.”
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Yellow Corn Meal Porridge with Nuts, Blueberries, and a Touch of Ghee

Yellow Corn Meal Porridge with Nuts, Blueberries, and a Touch of Ghee

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