This month was the Fourth of July celebration in our small island community. I enjoy our quaint fishing village and the hometown feel of the Fourth of July parade. The main road through the island
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A Season for Everything
Seasons Summer is here, and it is sweltering in SW Florida. We have the usual humidity, mosquitoes, no-see-ums a.k.a. sand fleas, and threats of daily thunderstorms. Air conditioners and ceiling fans hum. The season
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“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl, instead they put it on its
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The Joy of Reading The fifth-grade classroom was warm with summer on the horizon; an oscillating fan pointed at the ceiling. Sitting cross legged, at the feet of Miss Bennett, we listened as our teacher
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“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22 NIV Delicious Fruit There were two large apple trees
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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made
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