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A little bit crazy
I did something extremely uncharacteristic recently.
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I got up at 5:15 a.m. Willingly.
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Let me make one thing clear: I’m not a morning person. I never have been, and I am fully convinced that I never will be. But it was May, and I’m borderline obsessed with migratory birds.
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When reports began to pop up that a varied bunting had been spotted along the lake in Ozaukee County (at a park I had previously visited twice earlier in the week, no less), I felt a strong pull to go. This feathered marvel is what those of us in the birding world consider a “vagrant”—a bird that is currently far outside of its typical habitat. According to the Merlin bird app, this bird’s typical habitat extends throughout Mexico and reaches only as far north as the southernmost parts of Arizona and Texas.
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“Would it be crazy to get up and head out there before church tomorrow?” I inquired of my husband that night.
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My face fell. It’s not thrilling to hear that your ideas might be crazy. Yet I was the one who asked, fully knowing that he would give me an honest answer.
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“I didn’t say it would be stupid or that you shouldn’t do it,” he clarified when he saw the dejected look on my face. “But that’s not what you asked. You asked if it would be crazy. And I’m telling you that I think it would be a little bit crazy. But that’s what you do when you are passionate about something. Sometimes you do things that others would consider radical or maybe even a little bit crazy.”
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My face broke into a full-out smile. I was going.
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Julian was a soldier in Hitler’s army. Drafted in his early teens, he now stood in an open field with another teen. The two boys had been told to wait until they heard enemy tanks coming and then fire their rifles to alert the rest of the army. The boys looked at each other and . . .
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“The WELS leadership conference offered a fantastic opportunity for our members to learn from experts across the synod and encourage them as leaders at our church,” says Kurtis Wetzel, pastor at Cross of Christ, Nampa, Idaho. Wetzel and members from Cross of
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Eve Schultz will be graduating high school this May. However, Schultz’s road to graduation looks a bit different than the average senior. Schultz is part of the first graduating class of fully online learners at Amazing Grace Virtual Academy (AGVA). Schultz, a member at St.
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