Brian Maloy
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Category: Theological Musings
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It’s been a challenging year for our household, which of course comes after a particularly tough season of life. I’m not going to try and compare or justify “hard years”, I have known a lot of folks this year with more obvious hard seasons than ours, and those with very private seasons of despair, some…
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Our 6th Anniversary — it’s so curious, because it doesn’t seem like it’s been only 6 years. So much life has happened in those 6 years. Like what feels like a million house projects in the fixer-upper, that thankfully has grown to truly be a home. 3.5 years of Foster to Adoption stress, that makes…
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Nothing has changed. Everything has changed. The kids still have the same favorite stuffed animals. We have the same Toyota Minivan. My garage still needs to be cleaned out, and there are too many oranges in the kitchen. Oh, and Jack is still begging for a treehouse/fort — and building his own out of branches…
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In light of the bizarre impact Coronavirus has had on the entire world. I have been reflecting about how trapped, frustrated & helpless so many people feel. In a weird way, it’s really not a foreign feeling for Foster Parents. It’s a daily reality, now it just has the added “joy” of a virus to…
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On the eve of my 33rd Birthday, a lot of thoughts have come to mind. I wonder if 33 is hitting me with a little more gravity and weight than 30 did. I guess time will tell. I am finding myself more and more often struck with how beautiful life is, and then lamenting how…
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Foster Care & Adoption are interesting scenarios — especially in the world we live today. We generally like to know what to expect, when to expect it and then of course any other details we can gather. We are not typically fans of the unknown. Sure we like to go on vacation and ‘see new…
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My notes from my Grandfather’s Eulogy today, I am exceedingly proud to be his grandson. Charles Fred Maloy – Family Thoughts/Eulogy I am going to begin with 2 Corinthians 4:16-17 “16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light…
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I recently read a book called “Hiking Through” (often I read backpacking books when I have an insatiable itch to go on a long backpacking trip but alas, cannot). Aside from a man’s journey hiking the 2,160 mile Appalachian Trail, his constant reflection back on his life were all the things he’d missed out on…
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Sometimes life is overwhelming. Be it just normal pressures we place on ourselves or things far more embarrassing… And more often than not, the words & emotions are difficult to convey. However, I suspect they are shared emotions of many today — and as such, it seems like I should be bold to admit…
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I rather like how you sometimes stumble upon quite profound truths, even in random emails. Today I received an email from the subscription list for Rend Collective, the Irish folksy Christian group. They tend to focus greatly on the community, the gospel & what God has called us to as believers in the Truth. I…
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