The challenge began a little more than fifty years ago. The Lord put me on a path not to my wanting, let alone making, but it was designed by His grace, and for my learning.
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The challenge began a little more than fifty years ago. The Lord put me on a path not to my wanting, let alone making, but it was designed by His grace, and for my learning.
Read moreCan the greatest commandments also be the hardest? I guess the answer to that question may depend in part on how you view or define greatest and what the word is describing. When the
Read moreA Clean Slate January 1 started out with our often-repeated routine: taking down the Christmas decorations and storing them away. Once they were out of sight, we turned our attention to cleaning and re-staging the
Read moreA little more than two decades ago, the book-turned-into-a-movie Pay It Forward started a movement. The story is about a boy who, for a project, chose three unexpecting and undeserving people to do an act
Read moreMy wife and I have been reading a Psalm a day for nearly a month now. We take time to write our thoughts down and share them with each other. After several days, I saw
Read moreI got the broadest smile when I pulled our mail from the mailbox yesterday. Two pieces of junk mail and one very special letter. I knew we were to expect one because our youngest son
Read moreA search for peace I wanted peace to be restored. Fifteen years ago, I was released from duty from my position with a company and our world turned upside down. Timing compounded our problems as
Read moreIt’s July in the USA, and there are signs everywhere proclaiming and celebrating freedom. This year I pondered freedom, its meanings and applications. I decided the quip “I don’t think it means what you think
Read morePerfect Reflection – Perfect Calm Written somewhere is my definition of my photography hobby. I said I like to capture images of things others might overlook or ignore. It’s important to me because, as Paul
Read moreAfter a major life upheaval, we find ourselves renting a house in a small town in Oklahoma. When we set out, I thought we would end up finding an apartment. One thing I wanted to
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