By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
Welcome. My name is Tim e Holder, author of Anfractuous. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my new book. This project is very special to me, and I hope to share some of that excitement with you here. I’ll be using this blog to interact with you about
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
It’s important how we define a word and how we use it. Looking at a word or phrase the way we’ve always looked at it isn’t necessarily the same way the Lord wants us to look at it. We need to be absolutely sure our words are used correctly. Several years ago, my sister
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
I’m a child of the 1960s—not old enough to be a hippie but a young child of the ’60s. For that reason, I remember how great the toys were back then. Imagination was a huge predictor of how long those toys would last. I loved Slinky—not the cheap plastic ones they make now but the
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
Nowadays, when someone passes away, we gather together and have what we sometimes call a memorial service or going-home celebration. It’s a bittersweet time to remember a life well lived in the service of Jesus. I’ve noticed in the last few years that the gatherings take the tone of the people who are no longer
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
As I’ve said, before the beginning of January, I always choose my word for the year. This year, I chose power. I never get a clear idea of how impactful and far-reaching the word I choose will prove to be. I’m always surprised how the Lord broadens my vision of him, the world around me,
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
Bob Perkins and I have been friends for more than forty years. We were in college theater productions and were Chi Sigma Alpha brothers. I was his pledge master. He swallowed a lot of raw eggs—rough night. I love Bob. I love his heart. Sweet Tim, How’s my own favorite angel? So not to lay
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
Sometime in the summer of 1972—I’m reasonably sure it was mid-August—I remember it being blistering hot. Sweltering, eggs-frying-on-a-sidewalk hot. I was leaving junior high and heading to sophomore status at Searcy High School, a period of life when everything was changing: school, body, and definitely attitude. Everything in life was abhorrent, hilarious, loathsome, fun, and
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
Ginger Rogers DeMaris has been my sister’s best friend since they were in the second grade. For as long as I can remember, she has been part of our family. There has never been an event, joy, or grief in which G has not played an integral part. I proudly introduce her as my sister
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
One of the colossal mysteries of life is the ease with which most humans find fault with themselves. I include myself in that number. It’s even easier for people to point out the frailties of others, maybe because it makes them feel better about themselves and their own weaknesses. In the economy of the world,
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
For several years, I sold fireworks in a tent in West Little Rock. The days usually stretched to twenty-two hours, allowing me just enough time to run home, take a shower, let the dogs out, and feed them. I didn’t have time to love on them, which made me feel like a terrible dad. It
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