Five More Minutes With Spends Time with The Picture in the Hat

Written by John Paul Carter on November 11, 2013

In our own family, my wife, her sister, and brother have recently become caretakers of their 94-year-old mother. In our first years, our parents loved and nurtured us; in their last years, we’re sometimes given the opportunity to return that gift of love and care.

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Five More Minutes With Spends Five Minutes With “Someone Who Understands”

Written by Braiden Rex-Johnson on September 16, 2013

Whether we’re living or dying, we all need someone who knows what we’re talking about – someone who understands. Only a listener who has been there and lived through it will do.

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Five More Minutes With Spends Five Minutes Thinking About Tightrope Walking

Written by John Paul Carter on July 29, 2013

Although a death-defying feat like Wallenda’s walk on a wire over the Grand Canyon is remarkable, it pales in comparison to the dangers we face in our everyday living over a lifetime.

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Guest Columnist John Paul Carter: Our Uncut Pages

Written by John Paul Carter on October 11, 2012

Often, I later discover that the unknown answers about the future were hidden in the undone tasks of the present.

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Five More Minutes With His Mother

Written by John Paul Carter on August 27, 2012

Only later, as an adult, when I had children of my own, did I really begin to know my mother better.

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What to Make of a Diminished Thing

Written by John Paul Carter on July 30, 2012

Is it possible in the midst of grief to give thanks for what is fading away and allow those “diminished things” to become a foundation for the future?

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Father’s Day Remembered

Written by John Paul Carter on June 21, 2012

As he often did, Daddy listened, understood, encouraged, gently guided, and then let me make my own decision. That’s why, on Father’s Day, over fifty years later, I still give thanks for my dad!

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A Prayer for Spring

Written by John Paul Carter on May 21, 2012

Wednesday was the first occasion this spring that I’ve made time to sit on the porch and become a part of my surroundings.

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