How can I write about Memorial Day and the importance of honoring those valiant young people (yes, for the most part, they were young) who stood between their beloved homes and freedom? A simple thank you to these courageous men and women seems completely inadequate. If I knew nothing at all about freedom, if I […]
May 22, 2014
A Moment in Time
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A dear younger relative of mine is interested in family history. I’ve been looking through boxes of papers and pictures to find answers to his questions and I’m running onto things I’ve forgotten. Yesterday, I re-discovered the picture that puzzled my brother Richard and me. The original was on a postcard as were many of the […]
May 12, 2014
The Influence of Nitzevet
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Speaking of Moms and their influence, have you ever wondered about the outstanding people of the Bible and why they were so? I realize that God had His hand on them, for His purposes but I wonder in doing so, if God may have given them a particular mother. The first person I thought of […]
May 5, 2014
The Weight of the World
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A mourning dove calls somewhere in the darkness of early morning. The leaves on the maple move in a breeze that blows through and I notice for the fist time how near the limbs are to the porch. The tree is growing. Spring is here and a fresh, new beginning is in the air but, […]
May 1, 2014
In Faith, Believing
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Today is the National Day of Prayer. I hope that people of faith in God will pray for the United States of America as we’ve never prayed before. A friend and I were talking last night and we agreed that prayer changes things; prayer is not a place of last resort, it should be our […]
Apr 29, 2014
Willful, Wistful, Wonderful Words
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I got up this morning thinking about words. A politician on the national scene is in hot water for a word he used a couple of days ago and now he wishes to walk the word back. How do you do that? Many times, I’ve wished I could “walk a word back” but once it’s […]
