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Stress buster: Tips for those long waits in doctors’ offices
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mpratt
Oooh, they’re getting longer, not shorter, those waits in doctors’ offices. And, if you’ve exhausted all those rat-eared magazines and examined drab artwork long enough, you’re probably feeling impatient, patient. Edgy, perhaps. Or, even angry. But, wait! (as if you want to do more of this…) The more impatient, angry, and irritated you become, the…
A Different Kind of Advent
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mpratt
Prepare the way! Advent is here – four weeks of waiting and watching and listening…and doing all manner of things to get ready for Christmas. Because Advent comes every year, we’ve probably memorized all of the Scripture readings, song lyrics, and steps to making a beautiful Advent wreath or food basket. About now, we rummage…
The Value of Being Put on Hold
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mpratt
If we took all of the minutes and hours that we’ve spent on hold, waiting to talk to someone on the telephone, waiting for test results, waiting for appointments in the doctor’s office…and we received even $.25 per minute, imagine how rich we’d be! Add in the amount of time we’re undoubtedly going to use…
Advent 2012: Are You in a Drought?
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mpratt
Advent Day 9: Are you in a drought? The readings for today’s mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy begin with a wonderful, action-packed reading from Isaiah, Isaiah 35:1-10. It says, in part: The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom…. Streams will burst forth in the desert, and rivers…
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