For Wilshire Baptist Church
Back in December we were watching a program of Christmas music on public television and couldn’t help but notice the closed captions at the bottom of the screen. We didn’t activate the captions; they were placed there presumably by the producers for everyone’s benefit. They included the texts of carols and hymns, but most interesting were the captions during instrumental segments:
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April 30 is a day that sometimes gets our attention and sometimes it doesn’t. This year, LeAnn and I both seemed to be dialed in as we remembered God’s blessings and tender mercies.
April 30 is the anniversary of the day 12 years ago when LeAnn and I combined our lives in a new home we had built from the ground up by Wilshire friend Steve Conner. We had spent the previous nine months in LeAnn’s house and then a small apartment while most of our belongings were in storage. On that April 30, I met the movers at the storage units while LeAnn managed the move from the apartment and went to the house to get things ready for the arrival of the rest of our stuff. It was a busy, hectic day because we’d never had hers and my stuff together in one place before.
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What would you do if you discovered late in life that the little girl you babysat for family friends was your sister? Or the man you thought was just your babysitter’s father was your own birth father? Two women I know are living both ends of that scenario, and they’re doing it with amazing grace. In the process, they’re teaching those who know them some good lessons on acceptance, judgement and faith.
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