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Author: Janet Beagle

Coming After Me

March 10, 2020 Janet Beagle Fire Starters
Big Horn Sheep Mom & Baby

Anyone living in my region has probably noticed the freak snowstorms we’ve had three of the last four Wednesdays. I’m pretty sure it’s my fault. Let me explain. The other day I was listening to

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Mercy. A Story of Unrequited Love

February 11, 2020 Janet Beagle Fire Starters
Dark with sunrise

I’m conducting a little Bible study. You’re welcome to come along if you’d like. It starts with the second greatest commandment – to love our neighbor. In Luke 10, the expert in the law wanted

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To My Future Former Self

January 14, 2020 Janet Beagle Fire Starters

RE: My Advice Date: January 2020 I know you cringe when someone tells you to keep your chin up and everything will be fine.  I know what you’re thinking: “You have no idea how this

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Faith Like a Squeaky Toy

December 10, 2019 Janet Beagle inspire a fire

Have you ever wondered what’s inside a dog’s squeaky toy? Of course not. Because if you’ve ever had a dog with a squeaky toy, you’ve already seen the inside. Do you know how you got

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With Thanksgiving

November 12, 2019 Janet Beagle Fire Starters
orange sunset

Every once in a while I find myself ruminating on a piece of scripture in a curious sort of way. Not that ruminating on scripture is curious, rather I mean that I get curious about

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Traffic Stop

October 8, 2019 Janet Beagle Blog, Fire Starters
Highway sign

I’m sitting in traffic as I write this. I don’t mean the backed-up-at-a-red-light kind of traffic. I wish I could write a blog post that quickly. No, I’m talking about the “highway is closed ahead

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Bird or leaf

September 10, 2019 Janet Beagle Blog, Fire Starters, Waiting
Fall Trees by Lake

“It’s a game you’d like,” my friends insisted. As they sat waiting for their daughter to finish her activities they would ponder whether a distant flutter on a branch was a bird or a leaf.

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Friendship: I chose you

August 13, 2019 Janet Beagle Blog, Fire Starters
Sunflower

Friendship isn’t always easy. It seems like most celebrations of friendship (including mine) focus on the joys. Friends can make even the most difficult adversity a little more bearable and can expand the joys of

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Honor

July 9, 2019 Janet Beagle Blog, Fire Starters
Tae Kwon Do Belts

“Having honor for others, integrity within myself, and self-control in my actions…” When I was first learning the words recited at the end of Tae Kwon Do class, I once mixed up the combination. “Having

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I’m not looking for a dog

June 11, 2019 Janet Beagle Fire Starters
Cage bars

So what am I doing here? The first time my answer was simple. I carried in a nearly new bag of dog food. Some flea and tick prevention. A bag of dental chews with just

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Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. — Hebrews 12:3 (NIV)

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