Twelve Lunches Archive

  • Lunch 5- Out of the Comfort Zone

    Posted on December 2, 2010 | 8 Comments
    We (and our children) have had to learn to be gracious guests at both cockroach infested decrepit apartments and mansions where we are served by The Help.

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  • Giving Thanks

    Posted on November 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
    'The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.' -Mahatma Ghandi

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  • What if God Were One of Us?

    Posted on November 18, 2010 | 2 Comments
    We try to equalize as much as possible, because I know that's how God sees us. There is not a difference in God's eyes. And you'd be surprised how much we really do have in common.

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  • To Hear and Be Heard

    Posted on November 11, 2010 | 5 Comments
    Departing from the standard brief personal essay, today I’d like to introduce you all to my friend Allison Mitchell, founder and Executive Director of Lazarus Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia.   On Thanksgiving Day, 2000, Allison and a friend committed to spend the day serving the […]

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  • Duped?

    Posted on November 4, 2010 | 14 Comments
    I was pleased to have given away my fourth lunch, but in retelling the story, I began having doubts. Was this person scamming people?

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  • Spreading Good Cheer

    Posted on October 28, 2010 | 4 Comments
    I called out- "I have a lunch!" With out missing a beat, he replied, "Not anymore you don't!"

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  • Do-er or Hear-er?

    Posted on October 21, 2010 | 4 Comments
    What in your life shows that you are a do-er, and not just a hear-er?

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  • Anticipation

    Posted on October 14, 2010 | 9 Comments
    We were on our way to church as a family, and I thought it would be a good opportunity for everyone to share in the 'lunch experience." So I was a bit disappointed when no one was waiting at the I-20 exit ramp like I anticipated.

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  • The First Lunch

    Posted on October 7, 2010 | 14 Comments
    A middle-aged Hispanic man is walking past the car where I pull up to the light. He sits down on the curb two cars behind us. He has a sign, but I don't read it.

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  • Twelve Lunches

    Posted on October 4, 2010 | 12 Comments
    What does the sign say, Mommy?

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