by Sandy Kirby Quandt Five days into 2016. A brand new year. Another year bursting with potential, opportunities, and goals. Twelve months stretch before us like a road just waiting for us to set and
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by Sandy Kirby Quandt Five days into 2016. A brand new year. Another year bursting with potential, opportunities, and goals. Twelve months stretch before us like a road just waiting for us to set and
Read moreOne of the books my family owned when I grew up was a Whitman Giant Book, The Christmas Book, a collection of forty-five Christmas stories and poems. How do I know it had forty-five stories?
Read moreThis morning I listened to a CD I haven’t listened to for some time…James Taylor’s Greatest Hits. The songs brought back tons of memories. Some good. Some not so good. “You’ve Got a Friend” reminded
Read moreWhen God pulled Abram, whom he later re-named Abraham, aside and told Abe to look up at the sky, God said he would have descendents like the stars … too numerous to count. Of course
Read moreHonor your father and mother (remember, this is a commandment of the Lord your God); if you do so, you shall have a long prosperous life in the land he is giving you. Deuteronomy 5:16
Read moreMay. The month in which Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in the United States. While not all females are mothers, all females have mothers. For some, thoughts of their mothers bring smiles
Read moreSpringtime. Green leaves. Budding flowers. Singing birds. Renewal. Here in my part of Texas our azaleas have bloomed and faded. The trees all have their leaves. Loquat fruit hangs heavy on the bough. The grass
Read moreSandy Kirby Quandt Of ten times children and teens are treated as if they are unimportant to the work of God’s Kingdom. In 1 Timothy 4:12, the Apostle Paul told Timothy not to let anyone
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