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Summers are for grandkids
Post Views = 20Summers are for grandkids,when days slow down enough to rememberthe quickness of the years.Yesterday my cute curly-haired daughtersperformed plays in the yard.Today my disarming dark-haired grandkidsbring plates of plastic fishcaught just for grandma from a blow-up pond. Times are different, they say,yet the falls and the thrills remain the same:tender knees still…
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The Grace of Gratitude
Post Views = 600It is the season of thanksgiving. Many use this time of year to reflect on the many things that are good in their lives. Many give thanks to God for all the blessings they have. This can be a very healthy practice, and one which I’ve tried to implement. But I’ve also…
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Blessed are…
Post Views = 619(a paraphrase) When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain and said: Blessed are the poor in spiritNot those seeking to be rightBut those who know they just don’t know Blessed are those who mournNot those who avoid the messy side of lifeBut those who walk toward the suffering Blessed are…
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Book Review: Caught In The Winds
Post Views = 1561by L. D. Wenzel#CaughtInTheWinds L. D. Wenzel’s “Caught in the Winds” was a book that wasn’t afraid to explore uncomfortable questions about evangelical faith and institutional Christianity. It followed the journey of Morrie Schiller, a philosophy student who simply fit in at his Midwestern Christian college. When conventional campus Christianity fails him—the…
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The Love Of Advent
Post Views = 1702So much wants to divide us. Politics is an obviously divisive subject in our county right now. But so many other things divide us as well: religious dogma, family squabbles, offensive statements, and differing opinions. And then there’s natural divisions like distance, time, and life’s changes. Sometimes my heart feels overwhelmed with…