On the Journey
By Rick Hamlin

May 2010

Kleenex & the Holy Spirit
May 24, 2010
We were on our way to church yesterday and Carol held out a wad of Kleenex for me. I looked at her questioningly, as any good husband might. A universal expression that says, “And what is this for?” “To wipe your nose,” she said, not mincing words. And to think, I was leaping ahead to more exalted topics, like Pentecost, for instance, and just what it might mean to have the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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What's Your Favorite Place to Pray?
May 10, 2010
What’s your favorite place to pray? That’s a question I’d been asking people and getting some great responses like “my car” or “the old sofa in the living room” or “at the kitchen table.” I was wondering what I’d say when I was rushing to pick up some lunch…and feeling a bit scruffy.
I walked by the barber’s and leaned in, “Jacob, do you have time to cut my hair?”
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Celebrate Good Health
May 3, 2010
Two anniversaries in one week. I mentioned my wedding anniversary. The other one I celebrated with my friend Ray Mendez. We do this every year. Have lunch with one another and scratch our left ear lobes.
“I’ve got more feeling in my mine,” I said. “How’s yours?”
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Rick Hamlin is the executive editor of Guideposts magazine. His regular prayer habit is a psalm a day and some meditation on his commute to work, which happens to be a New York subway train.