Accumulated Mess
There has been a mess accumulating on my back porch since well before Christmas. With our recent snow, it looks even worse – shoes, shovels, wagons, dirt, twigs, and more. I am forced to walk through it to go to fill the birdfeeder (which has been emptied at least twice a day since our…
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Too Young to Hear
A friend recently commented on this video that it is hard to imagine that in 2021 we need to teach people that a baby in the womb is not a blob of cells but a real person, growing in the image of God. “Help Before Abortion,” is a ministry set up in an effort…
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A Missing Doctrine
In a recent conversation about salvation a ten year old responded, “Well, it starts with repentance. Repent, believe, be baptized.” (See Acts 2:38). I was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting to hear how God loves us. But, truly, there is no salvation without repentance (and the love of God). Christ died to take the…
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As a bunch of people were doing some yard work for a single Mom one Spring, a woman came by seeking to persuade us all to vote for her candidate for a local office. When asked about the politician’s stance on abortion, she proudly responded that she had a very decided stance that abortion…
Read MoreThe Self Exam
My heart fell when I saw it. My daughter and I were scrolling through someone’s pictures of the protests in Washington, D.C. on January 6th. Though storming the Capital was wrong, I was even more grieved by a very large picture of Christ in this huge crowd because He was wearing a MAGA hat.…
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Looking for Normal
I have always thought I lived a “normal” life. My “highs” are joyful and my “lows” are not life threatening. “Normal” is enough for me. Then Covid 19 hit America. Normal seems to encompass so much more than I realized. Going out without anxiety of catching a disease or, worse, that I would spread…
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