Thankful for all the flavors? While the abundance of fall and my favorite season’s harvest means more to me than picking apples in North Carolina, baking pumpkin pies, or roasting huge turkeys, I smile with
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Fall Back, Not Under
Germany and its World War I Allies began the practice on April 30, 1916, to conserve energy and daylight. America soon followed suit. When I was a child, I relished the extra daylight hours Daylight
Read moreMinding the Home Front
Most of us give minding the home front little thought. When Mom requires surgery, we camp out at the hospital and provide a few days of follow-up care. If a daughter presents her university graduate
Read moreLoving Jesus Above Anyone and Anything
Loving someone often happens naturally. But maintaining loving another person is not that easy. In fact, it takes work. Love. A small and seemingly simple word. Yet it holds more power than we realize. And
Read moreEven Haggard Peace Can be Beautiful
by Nan Jones Bless her heart. She was a haggard little thing. Feathers askew, falling out, barely hanging on. Molting? Maybe. I’m not sure. What I am sure of is how she spoke to me
Read moreLessons From a Broken Doorknob
There’s something about community or interdependence that we miss when think we should be able to do life by ourselves.
Read moreBearing the Fruit of Patience
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 ESV It began with a display of greens and other-colored
Read moreHow Cultivating Patience Makes Us Stronger
How to cultivate patience? I’m sure you’ve heard your mother, sister, or best friend say, “Have Patience. This too shall pass.” Yep. I thought so. The first thing that usually comes to my mind is
Read moreServe One Another
Sometimes, my wife and I get on each other’s nerves. I know that never happens in your home, but it does in mine. Sometimes we irritate each other. Sometimes we offend each other. Sometimes I
Read moreAbbo’s Alley
But Abbo’s plans would take place over time, and not without a struggle. Patience plus friendships equals a lasting legacy. That’s what I’ve learned from Abbo. He had a dream and he would not let it die. The main way he did this, was to cultivate more than flowers–he cultivated friendships…
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