Monthly Archives: November 2020

The Fall

No, this will not be about autumn, though I do miss the smell of autumn, a distinctive scent of leaves and coolness.  I’m conjuring up a wonderful mind photo of colorful fallen leaves, herbal tea, sweater-weather and good memories. Instead “the … Continue reading

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Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

I have heard it said many times this year “I can’t wait until 2020 is over”.  It has been challenging on so many levels, but I know many times in the past society felt the same way.  Times were difficult … Continue reading

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Looking for God

This is a blog that I originally wrote in January 2019.  This week, Rich and I are on a little vacation and I am looking for a quicker way to get a blog to you, gentle readers.  As I read … Continue reading

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Odd Stuff You Learn in Seminary

If you ever read Psalm 16 in the old King James Version, you came upon an oddity in verse 9. “Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.” What in the world … Continue reading

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Personality Traits in the Bible

            Have you ever thought about the personality traits of various people in the Bible?  I’m sure you have in the context of a particular action, such as Peter cutting off the ear of the high priest’s servant, but here … Continue reading

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Captain God

  When I was about twelve, Dad bought a canoe. We went out for a trial run in a nearby reservoir. It was him, my Mom, my brother, and me. Steven and I sat in the middle, Mom in the bow … Continue reading

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November . . .

It’s already November, just a few short weeks until Thanksgiving!   The supermarket will be well supplied with turkeys.  Cranberry sauce will appear on the endcaps.   Pies will be abundant.  Time to be sure my tablecloth is ironed and ready! Oops, … Continue reading

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Agonize, Accept, Prevail

My two boys lost their amazing dad when they were 10 and 14 years of age.  I agonized over my own loss of a wonderful husband, but I also felt agony for my boys.  At the moment of their dad’s death, our lives were … Continue reading

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