Playing Backup

For Wilshire Baptist Church

Saturday morning after dropping off a casserole for a local family shelter and circling White Rock Lake on our bikes, we drove through Chick-fil-A and took breakfast sandwiches to Casa Linda Park. While we ate in the shade at a picnic table, we watched a little league baseball team go through their drills.

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Live and Let Live

For Wilshire Baptist Church

As I watered the beds Saturday after we planted flowers and spread mulch, a car full of teens pulled up in front of our house and tumbled out to join a big family gathering next door. They smiled and waved and said “hi,” and I did the same. Meanwhile, two women chatted on the front porch across the street, and an older couple swept the sidewalk to the east. I waved at them too, and they waved back.

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Peace in Pieces

For Wilshire Baptist Church

I can’t believe I missed the SpaceX launch on Saturday. Rocket launches have become so commonplace and the missions so nebulous during my lifetime that I haven’t given them much attention in years, but I was interested this time.

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