By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
One of the lessons—maybe the most important discipline—I’ve learned from being part of Celebrate Recovery (CR) for more than twenty years is the discipline of listening. I think it’s a habit of our culture to have a pithy phrase at the tip of our tongue for every situation and every problematic occasion. We do it
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
As I’ve said, I live way out in the country on two and a half acres of woods with a winding creek and a small wood house I call home—The Blair Witch Project. It’s a perfect setting for dogs, and normally, I take them outside and watch them run around and perform their regular constitutionals
Continue Reading “Falkor the Adventure Dog”
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
This is my nephew, Tad. When Tad was eight years old, we decided to work on a project together. We went out in search of a way to build a dream catcher and found a kit to put one together. Tad was fascinated by the Native American legend: if a dream catcher was placed in
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
This morning, I carried Juju Mommadawg to the car and loaded her in the passenger seat. I’ve done it a thousand times over the past fifteen years. Driving with her beside me to Doubletree Animal Clinic, I passed the bend in the road where Mommadawg and three of her siblings were dropped off and abandoned
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
Albert Schweitzer once said, “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” I believe he’s right. In fact, if we are to follow the example of Jesus, serving was his edict from heaven. Matthew 20:28 (MSG) says, “That is what the Son of Man has
Continue Reading “The Night of the Twenty-Eight Salads”
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
The following was written by a friend who currently resides in a correctional unit. He has been through eight Celebrate Recovery step-studies and cofacilitates these studies alongside me. In eight years, he has never missed a single class. Never. He just keeps growing and coming back for more. I love his raw honesty and seeking
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
Spouting Horn Beach Park, near Poipu, Kauai, lives up to its name. The giant blowhole can, depending on the tide and surf conditions, shoot a ferocious spout of water as much as fifty feet into the air. Visitors can view this impressive natural ocean attraction from the top of a hill. There are guardrails and
Continue Reading “That Time I Almost Got Sucked Down a Blowhole”
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
I got mad. I got mad, and I vented to and at God. I was already on edge, and I guess I didn’t even realize my meteorically hazardous condition until I detonated. I rarely lose my cool. But the past few months had been hard. I worked hard to trust the Lord; stay surrendered; and
Continue Reading “The Mighty Chest”
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
Okay, so I think I’m over the embarrassment and mortification enough to talk about the following now. Yesterday I traveled down Maumelle Boulevard in rush-hour traffic to pick up Chinese food for the workers at the fireworks stand and myself. I stopped at a red light, glanced to my right, and saw a shiny new
Continue Reading “They Called Him Little Man”
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By Tim Holder
Posted: April 20, 2022
In the third installment of Peter Jackson’s cinematic retelling of J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy The Lord of the Rings, Minas Tirith, the fortified capital of Gondor, becomes the staging area between the forces of good and the evil armies of Mordor. All is seemingly lost as Mordor’s onslaught rams through gate after gate of the
Continue Reading “The Veil Was Pulled Back”
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