Remembering Compassion

A window treatment salesman showed up at my house four hours early for an appointment scheduled for 12:30 pm.  Of course, I wasn’t home. Upon receiving the call from this very perturbed person who was very challenged about my absence, I double-checked the email reminder to be sure my appointment was correct, and it was. This salesperson preceded to call me eight more times. First, he was angry that I wasn’t home, ...

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Another in the Fire

One of my favorite songs to play is Hillsong United’s “Another in the Fire.”  It takes me back to a Bible story I first heard as a child, but I missed the ultimate significance and the main miracle until just recently.  So, here’s the “Parksified” synopsis of what the song is based on - Daniel Chapter 3.   King Nebuchadnezzar(of whom I’ll refer to as King Neb from this point forward), like a lot ...

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