it's raining today. kinda soaking rain. no dramatics. just wet. my kitten is chasing invading raindrops down the door. i just got so many groceries i can't fit them in my food... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-03 12:07:42
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   brother warne was the elder of elders in the church where i met the Lord. well, i should say "met the Lord," because i had already done so on my own terms, which, sadly... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-05 06:58:13
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   i must say that i am a believer. my unfortunate tithing friend may not believe that, but i don't care. i did a study of tithing in theological school. the comments on tithing in the... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-05 13:21:50
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   my stomach is in knots. i have tests i am quite concerned about early thursday morning. i do not want to go alone, but i am. i am completely alone. so i can pretend it will wait and... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-06 19:02:21
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(thoughts friends, i will be sending this to non-bloggers. just so you know the reason for the writing ... )      "blogs are the pet rocks of the... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-07 11:12:09
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thanks to all of you who sent me beautiful letters of encouragement and who prayed for me. i get to keep my feet. i don't get to jump off cliffs into the quarry anymore, but then, i suppose some... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-08 12:07:35
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so loving is my King that when i bow in worship He lifts my head. so loving is my King that when i stumble in blindness He steadies me and gives me light. my Father is a... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-09 12:58:16
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does anyone hear you? my grandparents had a store during the depression. grandpa picked a location on the side of the hill, so when the river (the Ohio) came into the streets, they... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-12 11:33:53
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every time man has let me down or woman has left me crushed, after i have whined and complained to You, You put a gallon of comfort on every thimble of pain i have felt have You... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-13 11:01:01
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yes. if You give me the will and the way, yes. if You paint the hope into my soul, yes. if You show me it would make You happy, yes. Your ways are higher than my ways. raise my ways to... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-13 14:53:52
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   there is an aspect to mental and spiritual health that is often ignored. it is rather uncomfortable, so i probably am willing to talk about it because the friends i have expect... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-15 12:51:37
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   Eighty years ago my dad was born on this date, one week exactly before my birthday. 27 years later, i came down the chute. Dad had the strongest heart of any man i have met, with... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-16 19:17:40
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SPLAT say goodbye to graceful goodbyes sure, i was fine if i thought i would see you again but if i knew it was a final goodbye i was either sobbing or sloppy i echo... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-16 23:30:50
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a very well known teacher for the Lord recently apologized to a faith community for calling them names. i have some reactions to this. first off, to publicly go after one of the... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-17 11:39:26
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   the parade doesn't end. a fifteen-year-old, a forty-seven-year-old, a twenty-something with more scars than the two others added together. fuming, weeping, cussing at... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-19 14:23:34
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imagine falling in love with someone who A) is deaf, B) doesn't speak your language, C) grew up learning that love is accompanied by wounds, so whenever you say, "i love you," you... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-19 23:13:06
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2 days til my birthday. don't hate me cuz i'm beautiful. Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-21 06:36:21
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   when did love become about "me"? there is a simple answer to that question: it didn't. the self-centered, looking-out-for-number-one,... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-22 00:07:47
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   so God adds one more year. my doctors all say that NOBODY comes back from what i have come back from and lives this long. i am still wondering what to be when i grow up. anyway,... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-23 11:04:46
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we really only have one birthday the rest are re-birth days i remember dad talking about 2000 how old i would be and how old he would be if he made it i made it and he didn't... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-23 12:12:50
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   this reminds me of a situation from maybe 20 years ago. i had a ton of weight to lose and decided to try the local 12-step weight-loss group. but it was ALL women. you can't tell... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-24 09:57:34
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match.nerd and emotions.robot only work because their founders depend on you buying the lie and buy it you do by the hundreds of thousands most folks will tell you that they are looking... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-25 18:25:28
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   do you know what it would take for a heart to break? it would have to be brittle or at least hard so by definition it wouldn't care enough to break the truth is that hearts... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-26 09:35:04
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tina turner sang that we don't need another hero. i love tina, but she was wrong. unless we have evolved into something other than humans, we need as many heroes as we can find.... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-27 23:18:13
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we live movies we remember snapshots we dream of moments we wish for the temporary hope comes wrapped in love faith creates the crippled child dreams of playing the... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-28 12:48:39
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   in my life's work, i help children survive til adolescence, i help adolescents survive til adulthood, and i help parents survive both. it's all i do. i think i am too big a wimp to... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-28 23:21:11
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Jesus: sometimes i wonder what it was that made people just drop their lives and follow Him. i mean, have you ever really LOOKED at His followers? there are the "sons of... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-29 14:03:21
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   i can't believe it has come to this. to become this desperate, you would think would take years of abuse or addiction. in a sense, i suppose, it is an addiction, but there is... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-30 23:56:44
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   thousands of times a year in thousands of homes mothers and fathers weep in fear and hope that the next time they see their child, he or she will be all in one piece and standing on... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-31 12:05:33
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this is my favorite title of any book ever, and it was a title made up in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." so i shall write the book of all knowledgefulness myself. that way i know there... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-31 12:27:04
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got taken to dinner tonight my longest active friendship wishing me happy birthday and such    it is important for me  to not only live in thoughts see, you... Read More
Posted by: AllThingsBuck on 2008-05-31 21:41:53
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