Let's face it. With the popularity of texting and the abbreviations used by people to get their point across, those of us who are less savvy when it comes to social media are sometimes at a loss as to what…
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Happy New Year! It's been several weeks since I wrote to you and to be sure, I am so exhausted this evening that I wasn't going to write anything tonight either. In fact, it has been quite nice to take…
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We are several days into the New Year and things are off to a fast start. Jill and her family were here from Oklahoma during Christmas - everyone was under the weather, but things got back to normal as we…
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Of course, along with the rest of the Christian world, our family celebrated Christmas 2014 today. The kids were all over and we opened gifts together early this morning. Then Janet prepared her traditional Christmas Day brunch, we cleaned up,…
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The last several weeks have been very busy for Janet and me. Last week, our niece, Emily, had hip surgery here in Carmel and she has been recuperating at our home until last Friday when she and her mother, Janet's younger…
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After writing my post last night, I was all set to take several days off and then, much to my surprise, a topic came along that I just couldn't ignore - I just had to write about it this evening.…
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Today is a very special day. For starters, it was exactly nine years ago today that I was awarded a Doctor of Ministry degree, after having completed a monumental project and dissertation dealing with job loss and how families and…
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Lately, I have noticed that people have become far more casual about things than they used to be. Things just seem to be watered down more than when we were kids. Back in the day, there were only four or five…
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Tonight our Bible study group got together for our annual Christmas dinner at the home of one of our members. One of the things that is so nice about our group is that we all blend so well together. That…
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One of my favorite Christmas traditions as a child was to go with Mom to Marshall Field's in downtown Chicago and have lunch in the Walnut Room that, as I recall, was on the 7th floor of Field's. Of course,…
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