Transparent Christian Magazine

An Unlikely Hero

12. August 2008

A HERO? THIS IS AN EASY ONE. When it was first suggested to me, a single image flashed in my mind. There was no debate. I loved my father, and because he is gone, it would be only right for the honor to go to him.

You Don’t Resume Life Here, You Remember It

26. July 2008

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You Don’t Resume Life Here, You Remember It

I WAS TOLD IT WAS USED AS AN ARMY HOSPITAL DURING THE CIVIL WAR. It is now a retreat center operated by the Episcopal Church.

Do Not Weep For Me

17. July 2008

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IN LAST WEEK’S COLUMN, I began a story I did not finish, the story of a beautiful young woman who died, leaving a husband and a small child behind. I’d like to tell the rest of the story now, or at least the small part I had in it.

Will You Miss Me?

8. July 2008

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Will you miss me when I’m gone? Years ago, my wife and I became friends with a young couple at our church. They had been married perhaps a year or so when we first met them. He had grown up as an only child from a family in Atlanta. She had been the only child of a couple in a small town in south Georgia.

Box Number Three

2. July 2008

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Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath. William Shakespeare NO, IT’S NOT SCRIPTURE, but it’s close enough. In Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, suitors from all over the world come to Belmont to seek the hand of fair Portia. These men cross continents and great seas for the beautiful rich prize that [...]

Of Captain Kirk and Mother Teresa– David Teems

17. June 2008

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IN LAST WEEK’S COLUMN I mentioned my wife’s inability to move without pain in her back. She is better now, but it is still a work in progress. We’ve both had to adjust to the change in velocity. Her usual lightning speed has slowed to the pace of a good book. Still, in all the [...]

Intreat Me Not To Leave Thee– David Teems

9. June 2008

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I WAS SCHEDULED TO OFFICIATE a wedding this past weekend. I stayed home instead. But before passing judgment on me, here’s my story. Just days earlier, my wife was stricken with some mysterious pain in her back, a pain so intense it made her cry, and often. I made the only decision there was to [...]

With Love in Mind-David Teems

2. June 2008

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Touch me, remind me who I am. Stanley Kunitz Scripture says, “Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.” If only it was as simple as singing another song, reciting a few oaths, lifting up hands, or even reading his book. These are all fine, but I think [...]