Transparent Christian Magazine

Making Dirt From Scratch

“At dawn the wind came that took Freddie from his branch. It didn’t hurt at all. He felt himself float quietly, gently and softly downward. As he fell, he saw the whole tree for the first time. How strong and firm it was! He was sure that it would live for a long time and [...]

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“The PugPig” - Aspiring Writer, Kianna Elkins - age 10

When we got in my mouth dropped as I looked at all the animals. I saw my favorite animal in the whole world and shouted excitedly "lets got see the penguins dad!" After feeding the penguins we went to see the other animals like the biggest alligator in the whole zoo. We got to see it get fed big juicy steaks.

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Embrace The Storm - New Guest Author Lisa McIntosh

But one morning, a call came that changed my life. It was my mother, and she was in a fit of rage towards my father such as I had never heard. After sorting through the details, which took weeks if not months, I realized that my father had confessed something very hurtful which had happened over forty-six years earlier.

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Bella Musica

I’m a concertina Jedi. The Force is obviously strong in me. The I-wanna-be-a-teacher-when-I-grow-up comes out. “Okay,” I say, “try holding that button down and moving the bellows in and out. It shouldn’t make a sound, because it’s the air-only key.

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Mike Westendorf’s “Color Through The Gray” Invites!

I have heard music from Mike Westendorf before, but I have to say this is his best cd yet! Mike redoes one of his earlier hits, “Run Boy Run” and it sounds fresh and relevant! Keith Mohr at Indieheaven sounds great on keys and does a great job of engineering this cd!

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The Bench (A Piece of Art)

A piano bench, I hadn't noticed before... a beautiful, black, worn and very used piano bench. As I watched, man after man, woman after woman and artist after artist, ignored the bench and gazed upon the walls. They pointed, squinted, cringed, cocked their heads, laughed and looked both confused and pleased... I watched them, as they became animated accessories to the bench.

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Old Worn Out Bench?

So this past weekend, I started. It was hot, I was sweaty, and could only pull off a couple hours at a time, but slowly I went about dismantling this monstrosity. I saw rot all over the place, and spent a good deal of time copying entire pieces as replacements for those pieces that were too far gone. I wound up replacing almost half of the wood in that bench.

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Brad Reynolds Song “The Diary” Helps Shooting Victim

TCM: What happened? Brad: She was apparently in a very volatile relationship with her husband. They were separated but he would stalk her and make threats etc... She had just filed for an order of protection a few days prior, but on June 17th he showed up at the salon and shot her 5 times, including twice in the chest and once in the neck, then he turned the gun on himself and ended his own life.

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The Food Addict

I was livid and threw the food at her feet. She picked it up and left. I proceeded to bawl my eyes out through the entire movie, just eating the candy. I couldn’t finish it because the lump in my throat would not go away.

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Are You A Cliché?

Have you ever been stopped in your tracks by the ordinary things of life? Today, I was checking out at the Walmart cashier. She said, “Have a great day.” I responded with the typical, “Thanks. You too.”

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