Don’t Despise Him

June 6, 2022 admin
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Spiritual Formation, Stories, Tony Wilcox (personal)

I recently saw an obviously homemade sign stuck to a fence near the offramp of the freeway I travel frequently that simply read in big, bold letters on cardboard, “JESUS.” Just a simple reminder to passersby of the one who gave his life so others could live eternally. Not offensive to me for any reason, but to the contrary, I whispered in agreement out loud as I drove past and said, “Yes. Thank you, Lord.” I’m more grateful for Jesus and what he did for me than ANYTHING in the world. I drove by the same sign a few days later and someone had used gray duct tape to completely cover over his name. WTH?

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The Bird

May 2, 2022 admin
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Stories, Tony Wilcox (personal)

I’m going to try to wrap surely insufficient words around one of those God moments that I wish I could just bottle up and put on the shelf so that I could re-live it again in the future. You see, I just dropped our youngest, our 18-year old daughter, off at church. It's a hot, Sunday summer afternoon and she's going off to camp for a week. That's something she’s been doing for a long, long time - going to church camp every summer. She’s been doing that for years. But this time, she's going as an adult…as a camp counselor with some responsibilities to watch over a group of kids. She’s not going this time as a camp attendee. Not as a student. Not as a little girl.

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The Power of Community

March 9, 2022 admin
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Stories, Tony Wilcox (personal)

I’m going to try to wrap surely insufficient words around one of those God moments that I wish I could just bottle up and put on the shelf so that I could re-live it again in the future. You see, I just dropped our youngest, our 18-year old daughter, off at church. It's a hot, Sunday summer afternoon and she's going off to camp for a week. That's something she’s been doing for a long, long time - going to church camp every summer. She’s been doing that for years. But this time, she's going as an adult…as a camp counselor with some responsibilities to watch over a group of kids. She’s not going this time as a camp attendee. Not as a student. Not as a little girl.

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Summer Camp Drop-off Surprise

August 8, 2021 admin
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Stories, Tony Wilcox (personal)

I’m going to try to wrap surely insufficient words around one of those God moments that I wish I could just bottle up and put on the shelf so that I could re-live it again in the future. You see, I just dropped our youngest, our 18-year old daughter, off at church. It's a hot, Sunday summer afternoon and she's going off to camp for a week. That's something she’s been doing for a long, long time - going to church camp every summer. She’s been doing that for years. But this time, she's going as an adult…as a camp counselor with some responsibilities to watch over a group of kids. She’s not going this time as a camp attendee. Not as a student. Not as a little girl.

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