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Category Archives: Stories and Excerpts

The Anteroom of the Royal Palace: A Parable

Posted on November 24, 2023November 29, 2023 by Mike Mason

As we approach December it’s time for a reminder of my book 21 Candles: Stories for Christmas. Here’s one of those stories, which a friend liked so much that he read it to his family every Christmas Day for over three decades. Read on … 

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Dreambums: A Parable

Posted on October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 by Mike Mason

The following story was originally published in 1989 in my book The Furniture of Heaven & Other Parables. Reading it now over three decades later, it strikes me as more than a little prophetic. See what you think. (Also available as a video.)

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TESTING 1-2-3: A Spiritual Sound Check

Posted on June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 by Mike Mason

Life is a great mystery, and we have many questions.

Especially we wonder about evil and suffering.

Why? Why? Why?

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These Are the Glory Days: Beginning Eternity Now

Posted on June 2, 2023October 25, 2023 by Mike Mason

Back in the 80’s a favorite worship song of mine—and of just about everyone I knew—was “You Are My Hiding Place” by Michael Ledner.

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How To Be Free: Let God Be God

Posted on May 4, 2023May 19, 2023 by Mike Mason

If you want to be free, begin by having a God who is free. Let Him be free to do whatever He wants. He’s going to anyway, whether you like it or not, so you might as well give Him your blessing.

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Easter Dawn: Three Poems for Easter

Posted on April 8, 2023April 9, 2023 by Mike Mason

Three poems celebrating Christ’s Easter victory over death. He is risen! Alleluia!

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Good Friday: A Poem by Christina Rossetti

Posted on April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 by Mike Mason

The speaker in Rossetti’s poem feels like a stone for being unable to properly grieve the suffering and death of Christ.

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The Real Santa Claus: A Christmas Parable

Posted on December 15, 2022December 20, 2022 by Mike Mason

This one’s not in my book Twenty-One Candles: Stories for Christmas because it was written later.  Merry Christmas, everybody!

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Christmas in El Salvador, 1981

Posted on December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 by Mike Mason

An American priest visited a displaced persons’ refuge in El Salvador in 1981 and wrote the following reflection. It could just as easily apply today to a migrant camp in Lebanon or a bomb shelter in Ukraine. 

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God’s Quiet Time: Practicing the Presence of You

Posted on July 21, 2022August 8, 2022 by Mike Mason

I begin with a story by musician Steve Bell, who for some time had been asking God the question, “Who are You?” Eventually the Lord answered—not in words but in an experience. Steve writes:

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