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Christianity

DISCLAIMER: I am not advocating for either candidate. How you vote is strictly your privilege as an American and I do not desire to try to influence anyone in any direction. But as one who loves the Lord and hates it when I hear someone say “Jesus Christ” as a swear word, I can’t stop […]

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Blessings

In good times and bad – blessed be the name of the Lord! Love the words of this song: And when I count the problems that I seeHope looks all, but gone (yeah)But when I count the ways You’re good to me You got me counting all day long, oh, yeah! Today my husband and […]

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Jesus

DISCLAIMER: I am not advocating for either candidate. How you vote is strictly your privilege as an American and I do not desire to try to influence anyone in any direction. But as one who loves the Lord and hates it when I hear someone say “Jesus Christ” as a swear word, I can’t stop […]

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Church life

One story my husband hates for me to tell – but I get such fun out of telling is the Sunday a visitor showed up at church. My husband loved to get out of the office and into the community.  He felt just sitting at a desk all week was not the best way to be […]

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Pastor’s Wife

One story my husband hates for me to tell – but I get such fun out of telling is the Sunday a visitor showed up at church. My husband loved to get out of the office and into the community.  He felt just sitting at a desk all week was not the best way to be […]

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Christian persecution

Growing up in church I often heard a quote from the gospel of Luke that tells us Jesus said “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Often this would be followed by an admonition that as Christians we would have crosses we must […]

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Saying Goodbye to Puff the Magic Dragon!

“Puff The Magic Dragon” was a song written by Peter Yarrow and recorded by the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. Released in 1962 when I was a young teenager, I loved the thought of a magical time of childhood when I could pretend that dragons were real and there was a magical land called […]

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Angels All About Us

I was recently asked to give a speech to a women’s group on the subject of angels.  As I began to research this subject, I realized I do not remember ever hearing a sermon on angels, or being in a Bible study on the subject of angels. While I do not remember hearing that much […]

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Weebles Wobble but They Don’t Fall Down

I have not posted anything for almost three weeks (have you missed me?). In case anyone was wondering, here’s my story. In 1971 Hasbro/Romper Room created small egg-shaped figures that “wobble” from side to side but return to an upright position. Their slogan for these toys was “Weebles Wobble but They Don’t Fall Down.” Inside […]

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Stories of a lifetime to make you laugh, cry and hopefully walk away encouraged!

Tomorrow my youngest granddaughter starts high school. How did that happen? When did she grow from a little girl to a beautiful young woman? While I enjoy our new relationship as we relate more adult to adult, I confess I miss playing “imagine” with her. These twelve toy animals have been stored in a box […]

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Trust

And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. Isaiah 12:2 Our […]

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Peter

After my son told me I was not old, I was seasoned, I keep asking myself “What seasoning am I?” Thinking on that led me down a lot of different paths. I thought of funny descriptions of our different personalities. But then it led me to think of the concept of followers of Jesus bearing […]

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Love and Commitment

c – on the assumption that Doing a study on 1 John in the Bible, I noticed how many times John used the word “if.”  That started me thinking about all the “ifs” in the Word of God.  It seems to me that there are many promises of God that we claim without taking into account […]

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Gratitude

I read this story a few years ago. I do not know who wrote it. It is not original with me but at this time of Thanksgiving I think it is so appropriate. “One afternoon a shopper at the local mall felt the need for a coffee break.  She bought herself a little bag of […]

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