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Mothering

May 8, 2018

birth, creation, death, gifts, God, life, Mother's Day, new, summer

Mothers are the lifeblood of our best days on earth. It’s a role not chosen but gifted. And those willing to rise to the occasion shape the planet one laboring gesture at a time. From the act of childbirth to Sunday school to wiping a bloody lip, they exhibit selflessness. And in an age where…

The Time Given

August 9, 2017

Brian Tucker

blessed, faith, family, friends, given, God, love, relationships, reunion, thankful, time

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Last weekend offered something all of us pray for, whether it’s an audible, breathed prayer or not: Time with people we love and care for and MISS as the clock pulls us forward My hometown library hosted a book signing, and Lindsey S. Frantz (a childhood best friend) and I were able to attend, and sign,…

Our Nation, July 3rd, 2017

July 3, 2017

Brian Tucker

#events #books #brianltucker.com, alone, anxiety, dependence, fret, God, independence, journey, life, peace, poem, poetry, solitude, worry

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I fear that I’m falling out of favor And part of me believes that it’s okay to be me just because Who else understands my mind better than this heart these breaths Apart from God alone Independence from my atrocities now and forevermore Rejoicing with the family I know In this…

Gloves Off Gospel

January 30, 2017

Brian Tucker

body, brianltucker.com, concern, death, faith, God, Grace, Heart, hope, journey, life, love, worry

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My pastor says things much more eloquently than me. He draws inferences from the Good Book, and I thank the Good Lord for it. Some times I find myself just wanting to haul off and punch people. But fortunately, I have people around me who teach biblical truth. A wife who loves first and foremost.…

4 years 273 days at Sea.

January 17, 2017

Brian Tucker

adventure, conde nast, God, journey, marriage, travel

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4 years. 273 days. That’s the length of time one couple has sailed across various oceans of the world with Princess Cruise(s). I only know this, because of a bulletin that recognized them as distinguished on a recent trip. I couldn’t process that milestone. 1,733 days at sea. 1,733 vacation days. 1,733 days passed willy-nilly with…

Home is more than an address

November 14, 2016

Brian Tucker

C.S. Lewis, faith, God, home, life, love

I think about home a lot. Especially since moving away. Home – “the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.” I like this definition better than some of the others online; it includes that one word, the adverb ‘permanently’. The image seems truer somehow, even if…

How to Break Free

November 2, 2016

Brian Tucker

#SCC, C.S. Lewis, culture, dragon, faith, God, Jim Burgen, journey

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Jim Burgen’s, No More Dragons, from Thomas Nelson Books. (on shedding decades of gnarly scales) His sermons (while at Southland Christian Church in Kentucky) were instrumental during my college years, and this book has taken it a step further with messaging that centers upon curing a hardened heart. Jim challenges the reader saying: becoming a dragon is…

Why Our Work Matters

September 30, 2016

Brian Tucker

faith, God, jane austen, life, purpose, randy kilgore, william the conqueror, william walker, winchester cathedral, work

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“Utterly alone, at the bottom of a fourteen-foot trench filled with water so thick with silt he literally couldn’t see his hand in front of his face, William Walker laid twenty-five thousand bags of concrete, slitting each bag open so the concrete could spread out as it set. He then used 115,000 concrete blocks and…

Stranger Things at a Stop Light

September 22, 2016

Brian Tucker

blessed, God, Johnny Cash, life, love, marriage, music, people, thankful, Weezer

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One of the most beautiful things I’ve seen occurred on my commute to work yesterday. Something I hadn’t seen before and the epitome of what many might call a Hallmark moment. But, for me it was something else. It didn’t come off as cheesy in the slightest. It distracted my driving, but in a good way.…

Dedicated to a Brave Maine Coon

August 31, 2016

Brian Tucker

C.S. Lewis, cat, family, God, Grace, gratitude, grief, healing, kujo, life, loss, love, memories, mercy, Narnia, recovery, sadness, stephen king

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(Kujo, circa 2004) It’s difficult to lose a pet. I got that call yesterday. When you experience it, it’s difficult to respond. How do you respond without feeling foolish? It was a pet. An animal. I’m working through it, but I know it’s been even harder to lose one that had such personality. With me throughout…