That First Cup of Coffee

That First Cup of Coffee

by Charlie Riger A long winter’s nap is rudely interrupted by the loathsome clang of a cheap brass alarm clock. It’s 4:00 am, and I grope hastily in the darkness to find this menace and silence it for the next 24 hours. It will be a long time before I develop the ability to wake […]

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If It Isn’t Luck What Is It?

If It Isn’t Luck What Is It?

It’s a sweltering August afternoon in Miami and the bus isn’t air-conditioned in 1955. I’m twelve years old and I’ve been to Burdines downtown and lunch with my daddy at Polly Davis Cafeteria which he manages. Packages in hand, I board bus #28 and head home to S. W. 6th Street. While I’ve taken Bus […]

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B Present

B Present

  Wherever you are, be all there. Twelve months ago, I attended the Catalyst Leadership Conference in Atlanta with some of our church staff. The theme for the year was “B Present.” It’s a theme I adopted for my 2012 journal – to live present to the moment. I confess it’s always a struggle. Type […]

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