Author: dgshipton
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Take a Break from Everything
This past fall life threw us into a tailspin, and everything was changing. Losing a job, facing a group of people twisting the truth, attacks on personal character affecting other work and life, and losing our housing. Worry for the future and severe anxiety sat in, and for the first time in my life, I…
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Early Morning Lynx Call
The air was Crisp and still; our small peagle and I walked behind the house as I let her out. Daylight was an hour away with very little light showing through the woods. It was a normal morning routine before leaving for my teaching job. The dog ran back and forth at the end of…
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Recent Post to The Inside Spread: Archery Leagues
https://theinsidespread.com/shooting/shooting-skills/archery-basics/first-archery-league/
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Moving and Starting Over 8 Jan 2025
We had just finished emptying three rooms of the house. I sat down to think of recent days and weeks. Thoughts of how we’d dropped off a small load of things and my car at my parents 6 hours away. Then, we arrived back to continue the process of moving. We continued moving several boxes…
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Look at the Blessings Not the Pain
Psalm 118:8-9: It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. Proverbs 17:17 17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. Sometimes it can feel like the world is caving in on you, and…
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Standing with Vultures
They circle over the corpse, hovering with anticipation. Their goal is to rip and tear and take what they can. To divide it among their plump-filled bodies. Like pirates who divide their plunder they press ever closer. I stand in the heat of the moment like Anigone in the hot Greek sun trying to bury…
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Looking Ahead with Anticipation
Major changes have been coming in my life, as I leave my long position and community I’ve lived in for nearly two decades. Yet, recent days have brought many new opportunities I hadn’t been bold enough to pursue. I’ve dabbled in writing for some time, but now I see opportunities to write open up. I’m…
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A Snow Hunt
“It isn’t a fit night out there for man nor beast- Yukon Cornelius The words from “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer came to mind when my buddy asked me to go hunting one late December morning. We hadn’t been able to get out in the field as often as we had hoped, because work was keeping…
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Closing A Chapter Opens A New
Thoughts after the closing service of our church this past weekend: Like shadows I see children running around the empty room. I hear laughter in the silence. I smell the savory essence and sweet spices of meals shared through the years. The sharing of stories of family events and accomplishments shared in prayer and celebration…
DG Shipton 