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Spiritual, Religious, or New Life?

January 20, 2020 Ava Pennington Home

As we move into the new year, many of us establish new year’s resolutions. We want to be better people. Perhaps even more spiritual or religious. But what about wanting new life? But is being

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Christ in a Manger – Christ in Us

December 16, 2019 Ava Pennington Home

Despite the shift in our western culture, it’s still difficult to go out without seeing nativity scenes scattered among the Christmas decorations—albeit fewer and fewer over the years. Still, the image of the baby in

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Prisoner of Hope

September 16, 2019 Ava Pennington Home

Why do some people seem to be a “prisoner of hope,” while others are mired in hopelessness? The subject came up during a recent lunch with a friend. She asked me how to become a

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The Inconvenience of Friendship

August 19, 2019 Ava Pennington Home

I’ve been thinking about friends and friendship recently. I love being a friend. I love doing for my friends. But I find it difficult to accept it when friends do for me. There, I’ve said

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I Could Never…

May 20, 2019 Ava Pennington Home

Have you ever watched someone live with a terrible situation, and then said, “I could never do that”? I remember the words as if I had spoken them yesterday. My friend, Betty, was caring for

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Hot Buttons and Gentleness

March 18, 2019 Ava Pennington Home

Do you know what your “hot buttons” are? Almost everyone has at least one. That one topic or phrase that causes your blood pressure to rise and your mouth to engage before your brain. Even

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Choose Your Warmth carefully!

January 21, 2019 Ava Pennington Home

January winds can bring a chill to south Florida. Okay, not as cold as the northern states of our fair country. Still, even for Florida, the temperatures this week have been a bit cool. Cool—or

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Two Types of Hope

December 17, 2018 Ava Pennington Home

If there’s one thing in short supply these days, it’s hope. Politicians promise, but fail to deliver on their promises. Family members make commitments, but disappoint us. Terrorists strike with seeming impunity. Jobs are scarce,

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Will This Be a Happy Thanksgiving?

November 19, 2018 Ava Pennington Home

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is later this week. And everyone is celebrating. The cashier at the supermarket, the mail carrier, the receptionist at the doctor’s office. Happy Thanksgiving! But what if this Thanksgiving Day is not

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Changing or Changeless?

October 15, 2018 Ava Pennington Home

I’m still struggling with the fact that they’ve stopped teaching cursive writing in most schools. Print? Yes. Script? Not anymore. No longer are children learning how to link the letters of each word in a

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