When I was a young boy, every so often Doug and I would stay at my maternal grandparents' home - about a mile or so from where our family lived. We didn't stay overnight very often, but Grandma had a…
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I am sitting in our little hearth room checking emails and I am listening to Janet and Kristin's three boys playing the game of Life. I was never much of a board game kind of guy, but Janet and the…
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As most of you know, I teach Bible study Thursday evenings in our home. For years now, members of the group have provided snacks on a rotating basis and that way we all get to try a variety of things…
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I read an article this morning on one of the newest things in the funeral industry. Always looking to update things and bring new value to clients, a funeral director in New Orleans recently made headlines when he "posed" Miriam…
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Lately, I have been involved quite a bit with weeping and gnashing of teeth - my own! As I reported several months ago, I had a great amount of dental work done 22 years ago - 17 crowns and 11…
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Throughout my life, I have taught a number of the books of the Bible, including Matthew, Luke and John. But I have never had the opportunity to teach the book of Mark. So that's the topic of this year's study…
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This past week, there have been hundreds of graduation parties as children move from elementary school to middle school, or middle school to high school; and finally on to college. Each of these occasions is a marker event - something…
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We're in the time between the resurrection and Pentecost, the time when the Holy Spirit came and the Acts 2 church was started, with Peter preaching the first sermon. It occurs to me that perhaps we don't focus enough attention…
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