Sunrise

“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through Him.”  ~John 3:17

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Storm Stories: The FINAL NIGHT

To the contributors and the commentators, the readers and the lurkers.  To the lost and to the found.  To everyone who has ever endured a storm and yet still, somehow, found the courage to keep going…You have my thanks.
And this is for you.

 
“Now I say to you in conclusion, life is [...]

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Storm Stories: Behind the Clouds

For those of you wondering what has been happening while I have been hosting Storm Stories…
LET ME TAKE A LONG LAST LOOK
by TheNorEaster
I went to the movies for the last time last night.  I love movies.  I remember how excited I was when the new theater went up.  No longer would I have to drive [...]

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Storm Stories: She’s Seeking Sunrise

When I started this series, I had one rule for the StoryTellers:  Every storm must have a sunrise.

Today, I am breaking that rule.
Because I am compassionate.  And because I have endured a Storm similiar to the one this StoryTeller is facing.  And I lost my cousin shortly after he got stuck in this same tempest–which, [...]

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Storm Stories: Not Even Pastors Have It Made In The Shade

Today, we have an unexpected, though no less welcome, contributor to Storm Stories.  And while the two of us do have different perspectives on certain matters, I think of this StoryTeller as a Brother.  For that which divides us matters not so much as that which unites us.  And as I read his Storm Story, [...]

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Storm Stories: The (In)Visible Spectrum

Have you ever wondered how the “good kid” feels?  You know, the “smart one” who does well in school and, for the most part, behaves?  The “sober one” who doesn’t drink to excess or use drugs?  The one who lives in the shadows of his troublesome siblings?  Today, you have your answer.  Because behind the [...]

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Storm Stories: Into the Light

Today, we get to hear from one of my favorite spiritual Sisters in Blog-Land.  She loves her new can opener, and was nice enough to let me hijack her blog when Storm Stories started taking a toll.  Hey, as a famous frog once said, “It’s not easy being green.”  And it hasn’t always been easy [...]

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Storm Stories: Another Sweet Day…

At times, the Storms we face have no forecast outside of Genesis 3–which catalogs the fall of humanity.  And yet, too often, we are not precisely aware of just how fallen this world is until a most dreadful Storm hits home, as it did for our StoryTeller today.  But it is in the Telling that [...]

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Storm Stories: Smiling Sun

Here today is a very talented writer and an extremely gifted poet who, literally, lives half a world away from The Northeast of America.  (Don’t you just love the Internet?)  Her words are so authentic and so revealling, I was delighted when she chose to share a Storm Story.  As it turns out, however, she [...]

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Storm Stories: EVACUATION ORDER

 
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* PRO-LIFE AFTER BIRTH *

* PRO-LIFE AFTER BIRTH *
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Storm Stories: Rising Storm: Part Three

Today, the defining tale of how I became TheNorEaster concludes.  This is my Story to Tell.  And today, I earn my name.  Because today…
I AM THE STORM
by TheNorEaster
Tuesday night.
Nine and a half weeks later.
After a tense conversation, she finally said it:  ”I had an abortion Saturday, asshole!”
An atomic bomb went off in my chest.
Hard to [...]

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Storm Stories: The Miracles of Life

Oftentimes, we mistakenly limit miracles to extraordinary, eye-popping occurrences–a winning lottery ticket, a medical recovery, a car starting on a cold winter morning.  Perhaps a house that sells for half a million dollars just before the market dries up–which, of course, only means that we benefit while someone else loses out.  Yes, often we relate [...]

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Storm Stories: The REAL Sunrise

This one is so good it needs no introduction from me.
FACING THE STORM WITHIN
by Alan
It’s quarter past four in the morning.  At the end of this empty hospital corridor, I can see the sun rising, but to me it is a false dawn.  My wife is in the operating theatre, through the double doors in [...]

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Storm Stories: This IS The Day

Anton Checkov, the Russian writer who gave us “The Lady With The Pet Dog” and The Cherry Orchard, once wrote, “Any idiot can handle a crisis; it’s the day-to-day living that gets you.”  As many of you who have been following Storm Stories have learned, enduring a tempest often lasts a whole lot longer than [...]

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Storm Stories: FREEDOM!!!

Here today with an encouraging tale of enduring a most dreadful tempest is a relative newcomer to the blogging community.  I very much hope you’ll all give her a very warm welcome because, after reading her Storm Story, I can say with confidence that Ashley certainly deserves one.
FREE TO SING
by Ashley
Birds sing after a storm; [...]

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