For Wilshire Baptist Church
I didn’t know what the priest was saying in Spanish, but I knew where he was in the funeral mass. When he got to the homily I heard the words “adios” and “Jesus” several times, and I guessed he was offering the universal truth that we usually hear at memorial services: With Jesus, goodbye is not really goodbye at all.
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Driving to an appointment on Tuesday morning, I saw a crew from Garland Power & Light setting up a temporary electrical service pole at the back of two vacant lots down the street from us. It’s a sure sign that construction will begin soon on two new homes. Just three miles and a few minutes later, I came upon a City of Dallas crew dismantling a homeless camp beside the railroad tracks on Garland Road just south of LBJ Freeway. Within a short span, it’s two very different stories about the same topic: home.
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I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions because, first, I’m easily distracted, and second, life can get in the way and throw even the most focused person off track. But something I heard in the early days of Advent has pushed me into the new year with a new perspective.
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