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I can't tell you how many times throughout the years I have been asked for assistance in finding someone or something to get a project completed. For some reason, I have been blessed with with knowing a tremendous number of…

This morning, most Christians attended church services and listened to a reading while today's purple candle for the fourth week of Advent was lit from the pink "joy" candle that we discussed last week. This purple candle is the Love…

Back at the beginning of Transitions by The Book, almost twelve years ago, I kept experimenting with a formula that would be predictable and consistent from post to post. I finally decided that each post would contain a story, followed…

This morning, many Christian churches across the land lit the third candle of the Advent season- the Joy candle, also referred to as the Shepherd's Candle. As you may recall, in most churches this is the pink candle as opposed…

Have you ever seen that carnival game where you are given a mallet and various items pop up from different holes and the object is to beat them back down into the base of the game? There is even a…