Shore & Sand Co

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  • The Crumbling Cliffside and the Immovable Spine

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    Finding the Carefree Horizon Across the Seasons of Life Sitting here in my comfortable home near Laguna Beach on a beautiful Saturday morning while the rest of the family is running a garage sale, I started reminiscing about this past week as it has been completely full of life changing events, as well as old…

  • The True Bridegroom:

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    An Unconditional Passion The Scent of Cinnamon and the Open Sky: When I sat down to publish Part One of my hometown memory series last night, the sheer sensory weight of that 1985 morning at Otsiningo Park completely flooded my room. I could smell the coffee dripping at 6:00 AM, taste the warm cinnamon buns…

  • Part 3: The Beautiful Struggle

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    Darkness, Seeds, and the Delivery Room Hey friend! In our first two stops along this trail, we looked at the kitchen glass and the literal bones protecting our chest to find the Creator’s signature. Today we are stepping outside into the garden soil and then stepping straight into the intensity of the delivery room, to…

  • Part 2: The Cross in the Ribcage

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    The Cross Over Your Heartbeat Hey friend! In our last post, we stood at the kitchen sink and discovered that God left a beautiful, gentle cheat sheet of His three-in-one identity floating right inside our drinking glass. But the Creator didn’t stop there. He didn’t just paint His signature across the elements of nature; He…

  • The Code in the Sand–Episode 7

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    A Basket Full of Potpourri and the Grocery Store Train The corporate religious machines of this world love to preach a rigid, solemn lifestyle when a family is hit by a severe medical crisis. They want you to lock your joy away in a sterile cabinet, speak in hushed whispers and let the machinery of…

  • The Code in the Sand–Episode 6

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    The White Gloves, The Hidden Tear, and The Medicine of the Soil The clinical systems of this world are incredibly rigid. They look at a human soul through the cold lens of a medical chart, prescribing protocols, counting limitations, and treating severe trauma with a sterile, procedural distance. But when a human spirit falls into…

  • The Code in the Sand–Episode 5

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    The Passing of the Ruby, the 53-Years Seal, and the Nurse’s Benediction The systems of this world love to treat the end of a physical life as cold, sterile, and terrifying defeat. They use the vocabulary of panic and the fear of death to keep human soul’s small and trembling. But inside the sanctuary of…

  • The Code in the Sand–Episode 4

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    The Cutting of the Rings, the 44-Year Vow, and the Special Man There is an unshakeable, legal promise woven into the fabric of the New Covenant that completely supersedes the broken, policing systems of man’s design. It is a promise of total restoration–a guarantee that after the heavy fire of a crisis has done its…

  • The Code in the Sand–Episode 3

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    The Refining Fire, The Lancaster Oasis, and the Wisdom of the Soil When we hear the word fire in religious circles, the modern systems of “fear porn” instantly program us to run for cover. They paint a terrifying picture of an angry, destructive furnace designed to consume our peace. But the true gospel script reveals…

  • The Cracking of the Shell

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    What a 43-Year-Old Sand Dollar and 30 Years of Nursing Taught Me About “It Is Finished” Forty-three years ago, a sand dollar was placed into my hands. I was young, unaware that this fragile, chalky white disc would become the anchor of my life–the quiet beginning of God’s relentless, loving pursuit of me through some…