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LOVE YOU, MOM
When it comes to mothers worth celebrating (as we are prompted to do on the second Sunday of every May), I am bountifully blessed. Due to several curious twists and turns along life’s road, I have hit the proverbial Maternal Motherlode.… Continue reading
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Is Jesus Offensive Enough?
Why did Jesus have to die? It is a great question… one that has been and will be grappled with in churches around the world. For one eloquent, detailed, and passionate answer to this question, I cannot recommend highly enough this… Continue reading
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Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild
“Gentle Jesus, meek and mild.” That is the Jesus I was taught about in Sunday school as a very young boy. I think I might have even learned a song with that phrase as the title. He was the Jesus… Continue reading
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A Dog’s Weltanschauung
Patrick is doing a lot better, thanks. To clarify… Patrick is our dog. He is a 10-year-old Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier. There he is, on the right… Joan and I have had Patrick since he was about a year and a half… Continue reading
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Test Time!
What kind of a test-taker are you? As I look back on my own academic career, I am forced to confess to confess the cold, hard truth: tests were a struggle for me. When it came time to put away… Continue reading
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Test Time!
What kind of a test-taker are you? As I look back on my own academic career, I am forced to confess to confess the cold, hard truth: tests were a struggle for me. When it came time to put away… Continue reading
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All Manner of Beauty
Tucked away up in the far, far northwest corner of the state of Montana, Glacier National Park is a dazzling jewel. With its rugged, snow-capped mountains, jade green glacier-fed lakes and its bulging encyclopedia of wildlife, this park stands alone… Continue reading
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Memorial Day musings
Today I am re-blogging a post from my blogosphere friend Karla with thoughts on the significance of this Memorial Day holiday. Let us all take a moment to remember and thank those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.… Continue reading
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Bless Me?
“Grandpa, can you bless yourself?” There I was, walking home with my 10-year-old grandson Will with he and his dad. You know, just a casual stroll along the tree-lined path between Will’s school and their home. We sauntered along, idly… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 