of the father and stood in a line. The first step is to give the eucharist. The first row stood the line to get the bread and the second row stood up after the first row finished. The whole room is in silence except the father kept saying “God bless you”. People who got the bread step to the left side where there was the man in white rode with a grail of wine. This is the second step — the wine. They sipped the wine and the man wipe the grail with a white cloth. People who finished these things…
models in Teen Vogue and gossip about the latest boys that they’d been smitten with, I would sit on the side and absolutely infuriate them during games of Truth or Dare. The question was always the same. “Come on Delaney, you’ve gotta tell us! Who do you like?” Naturally, answer was always the same too. I’d offer a half-hearted shrug and a glance to the side. “I’m just friends with boys. I don’t really feel like I need to date them.” That was why Mike was so important. Mike was the first boy…
“No reason to stop you, Stealer Girl,” said Asa, using her baseball nickname from primary school. The last fingers of light glowed from the sunset, fading into a deep cobalt blue. Asa stretched luxuriously. “May I interest you in a hot fudge sundae?” “I’d love one, but I believe the drug store is closed.” “I happen to have a set of keys.” She giggled. “In that case, I would love a sundae.” They walked arm and arm down the dock, but when they got to shore, Nell said, “Oh, Asa, we forgot…
ending of Lawrence’s he writes: Malabar came in all right. If I ride my horse till I’m sure , then I tell you, Bassett, you can go as high as you like. Did you go for all you were worth Bassett?” “I went a thousand on it, Master Paul.” “I never told you, Mother, that if I can ride my horse, and get there, then I’m absolutely sure—oh absolutely! Mother, did I ever tell you? I am lucky!” “No you never did,” said the mother But the boy died in the night (Lawrence 386). Although this ending is very…
that school, I’ll come to your house myself, and shoot all of you“, I ended the call, and stood there for a couple minutes, stunned by what just happened. And ran to mom and dad’s room. “Um, m-mom. We got a phone call “, I stuttered. “I’ll be there in one second honey.“ she didn’t understand. She couldn’t see the fear in my eyes, or the way my hands were shaking. She couldn’t read me. “No mom, I already hung up.“ “Then why do you need me Phyllis?“ I didn’t want to repeat it. Who would say…
My definition of compassion is when you are willing to help another being in need without the expectation or intent to receive anything in return. I was privileged to grow up with a mother that was very compassionate and caring, and from an early age she showed me that true compassion is giving without selflessness. I often find myself doing things out of compassion from day to day such as holding the door open for someone if I spot them trailing close by behind me. However in these same…
texted me the address of the cabin, and I went for a drive with a shotgun in the backseat of my Tahoe. Is it the right thing to do? Maybe not. Am I going to scare the living shit out of some kids? Yes I am. “Xavier, what if she shows up with Damon, you know how bad this can look.” I hear a teenage girls’ voice say as two kids walked up to the porch. I guess Xavier cant keep his pants on. I started recording everything, how he pushed her up against the wall and started kissing her. I was going to…
She pierced her lips into a straight line and put his paper in the curve pile of papers. "He's actually been improving if you asked me. If you even cared to look at the monitored homework, you would see as well." He bit his lip and placed a hand over her pen. "Feisty I like it." Diamond roughly snatched her hand from his and flashed her 15 carrot ring. He licked his lips and glared at the glistening moon…
A note of caution: enthusiasm shouldn 't take the place of God 's Word. Has thoughtful thinking and ideas been bounced around enough to see a best option? Someone wrote: "Plan ahead, it wasn 't raining when Noah built the ark." -Anonymous. Goals are going to take a team effort and lots of work. Teamwork will most likely spring from the minister 's initiation. That being said, minister 's need to take the tough job. What is the tough job? Managers work the process, but leaders work people.…
Have You Ever Stood On Holy Ground? This past Sunday our pastor preached a sermon and mentioned this thought toward the beginning. Since then I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Both Joshua and Moses encountered God in awesome ways. When they did they were told to remove their sandals because the ground they were standing on was “holy ground”. But what made that ground holy? Was it holy before this encounter? Or did it become holy only because of this encounter? Is the ground still…