Robin Kelley
I am just an ordinary middle-aged woman striving to make a difference one word at a time. . . no matter what hat I am wearing at the time.
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The Princess In The Mirror
When I was a little girl, Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella was broadcast on network television about once a year. On the nights it aired, I would be glued to the set from the second it began until the last credits rolled. That night I would dream I was Cinderella. The next day I would pretend I was Cinderella. Oh, how I…
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I Am The Lord’s Servant
This is a rewrite of a post I published almost eight years ago. As I was listening to Mary Did You Know by Mark Lowry the other day, I was again struck by the knowledge that Mary’s message in the recounting of Jesus’ birth is just as relevant today as it was for her so very long ago. Listen…
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Who Does He Say That You Are?
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are…
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Masterpiece
It was just an ordinary stick. Most of us wouldn’t have paid much attention to it. The master carpenter, however, took it back to his shop where he whittled and sanded and varnished until he was so pleased with the results he placed it proudly in his shop window for everyone to see. Soon an elderly gentleman walked by.…
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Write Them on Your Forehead and Wear Them on Your Hands in the 21st Century
There were no secrets and no strangers in the small farming community where I grew up. If I ever did something wrong, my parents were more than likely going to hear about it before I got home. Such is life in a small town. As a part-time waitress at the local cafe, I was accustomed to farmers gathering in…
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The Myth of the Illusive Super Mom Cape
Have you ever felt like motherhood is a competition to see who can come up with the cutest costumes and have the best-dressed, most well-behaved children? Do you sometimes wish you could find the "super mom" cape all the cool moms seem to have?
