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Why Worry?
The deer ambled out of the forest and across the snow-clad yard in search of food. It seemed to detect a promising spot as hooves began to paw through the icy crust. The velvety snout lowered and...
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Are They So Different?
The cows are gone. Not all of them, just the ones sporting bright blue tags pierced into leathery ears. They stood out because of that tag, but they were still Black Angus mixes, just like the rest....
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Do You Matter to God?
It happened again. Yep, we got another flat tire, except this was caused by an embedded nail and not a utility knife blade. Whatever the source, the result was the same. The damaged tire was exchanged...
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Where Do You See God?
On the wings of spring breezes, cotton candy puffs raced by the front window. Their urgency ushered in, no doubt, by a warm southern front. Blue skies served as back-drop, the earth’s green carpeting...
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Happy Resurrection Sunday!
he is risen He Is Risen. HE IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN!! INDEED!! “For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have...
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The Roadrunner and the Snake
In the cool of early morning with steam rising from the rich pecan praline brew, I lounged on the back porch glider when a Roadrunner rushed into view. They grow up to two feet long and one foot high,...
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Have you spiritually decluttered?
Traveling inspires me. When I return sometimes I yearn to drag out canvas and acrylics or tap out deep thought on the computer. Other times I aim to start a new exercise regime or jump into healthier...
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Do You Suffer From EA?
We. Lost. Broadband. Because we bundle services, satellite, internet and the land line, all vanished in the snap of a finger. Misery ensued. Cold, clammy, sweaty, pale. Couldn’t catch my breath. I...
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Shelters and Shields
The baby contentedly chews on colorful balls, rings, and crunchy baby books, and occasionally toddles along inside edges of the expert-approved plastic fencing. A safe area for baby. He’s protected,...
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How Does a Nation Forget Truth?
As a writer I use the laptop a lot. Although I’m not the most accurate keyboardist, muscle memory kicks in and soon my fingers fairly fly across the keys. However, if I inadvertently shift my hands to...
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Are You Remembering the Right Things?
When I look at my surroundings I not only see things, I also sense memories – planting the oak tree in the backyard, wearing my mother-of-the-bride dress, buying red boots on a trip out west,...
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Sabbath Rest is a Myth?
Why is it that the Sabbath is usually one of the busiest days for Christians? What happened to the resting? “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them,...
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Who Knows Your Future?
I’m enjoying views from the eighth floor of a high-rise in downtown Chicago. Below me lies a series of paths that dissect geometric shapes of elaborately landscaped urban green space with floral pops...
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Do You Believe God?
From the lavender, orange, and gold smudged long and low across the western horizon to the red and pink dappled skies of an early Ohio morning, I reveled in the breath-stealing artistry that marks our...
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Are You Ready to Reroute?
We recently encountered heavy stop-and-go traffic on the Interstate before we realized a multi-car accident blocked most of the north and sound-bound lanes. We worked our way south, past the pile-up,...
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Still Working the Old Skin?
A grey honeycombed-pattern snake skin twined around the Yaupon Holly and Coral Berry bushes in the north side flower bed. Spotting a discarded skin is not unusual in the country. Almost monthly snakes...
View ArticleAre You Still Cave-wandering?
One of my screen-savers is a photo taken from inside a cave looking out at crystal blue skies, calm ocean waters, and sandy beaches. The camera angle draws one toward the light of day. Just as happens...
View ArticleHappy Christmas, Holy Christmas
“For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son . . .” John 3:16 “She (Mary) will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their...
View ArticleWhat traps you?
It’s on! We officially declared war on the mice. Oh sure, we’re right in the middle of their environs, a wide expanse of cow pastures, and I don’t mind if they build condominiums and gated communities,...
View ArticleThe Cold War
Published in the October 19, 1945 British newspaper Tribune, George Orwell first used the term cold war in his essay “You and the Atomic Bomb.” Orwell wrote: “For forty or fifty years past, Mr. H. G....
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