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Category: Five Minute Quick Writes

Every Friday I am invited to participate in a challenge. I am given a one word prompt to write on for five minutes. I post it with very minimal edit/revision.

December 6, 2024

Stuff to Still

“Be STILL and know that I am God;  I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth” (Psalm 46:10)….

November 29, 2024

I’ll Keep It!

Last night I sat surrounded by the “fruit of my labor,” four adults aged 18-23, filling our plates with diverse expressions of creativity. This…

November 22, 2024

The Good Fight

“Fight the good fight of faith…”(1 Timothy 6:12, NIV). I never would have guessed that in my middle years, I would learn to fight…

November 15, 2024

The Space Between

The space between you and me, it feels too vast to cross.  Void: adjective- containing nothing; not occupied/ inhabited noun- empty space, state of…

November 8, 2024

Press On!

“Slow and steady wins the race” (Aesop). Timid one, you fell again. Dust off your pride. Stand back up! Onward we go, though the…

November 1, 2024

Better Plans

“The best-laid schemes of Mice and Men  Go oft awry” (Robert Burns, interpreted by Michael Burch). Dear Self, I know you love your planner….

October 25, 2024

Lose the Weighty Yoke

“Just relax!” My friend, Bill tells me in karate. I look at him, perplexed. This idea still doesn’t make sense even after eight years…

October 18, 2024

Deliberating on Decisions

I have decided to follow Jesus… “Don’t worry. If I’m supposed to become a Christian, God will help me to know,” I answered my…

September 27, 2024

Advantage (keep in step with the Spirit)

“If you have any encouragement from being united in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any…

September 6, 2024

Youth

(This month my youngest becomes an adult. I am writing on parenting young adults. My timely five minute write prompt is the word YOUTH)…

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