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This Saturday, Harding University will host its commencement exercises. Better known as “graduation weekend,” family and friends will flood the campus to celebrate the achievements of the students who have spent four or more years of their lives working toward a degree in their selected field of study.
Since I am at Pepperdine this week, I will not be there to celebrate with them, but I want to recognize several who are graduating and leave you with a thought for reflection.
IRSM’s former summer intern, Katie Lynn Finch, and other students who have been a part of local IRSM studies will be among those walking across the stage. Congrats to Katie Lynn, Megan Albers, Leahndrea Landrum, Elizabeth O’Briant, and Rosa Perez. Congratulations also to Debora Rodrigo de Racancoj, a blog contributor and friend, who will be defending her dissertation in Spain next week, and graduating with her doctorate, before returning “home” to Searcy, where her husband is a student.
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Chronic pain has become more of a mainstay in my life. My health teeters in a delicate balance. Unfortunately, once one thing gets out of whack, the rest of my body goes into hyper-alert, reacting to what it thinks are threats or toxins.
Without making a grocery list of symptoms or issues that I face, I will suffice it to say that things in my body are currently far from healthy or pain-free—a major challenge considering the aspects of ministry God has called me to.
Someone posed a question on Facebook last week: If you could choose one of the following, which would you choose? A year’s paid vacation; good health/pain free living… There were six choices and I don’t remember all of the options, but those were the “top two” I debated in my head.