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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SCOTT

Today is my baby brother's birthday. I say baby lightly because Scott turns 48 today. But as his sister, ten years his senior, I'll always have that special little brother place in my heart for him.I vividly remember the spring morning when Scott came into the world....

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THE DAY AFTER

Impossible. I'm sure that's the word Jesus' followers could barely bring themselves to whisper the day after his crucifixion. How did this happen? He promised never to leave us, they said, though they recalled he often talked about events they didn't understand. He...

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IN ABSENTIA

Yep, I'm the one who's still writing Christmas cards in March, the one, who even though I love to write, still struggles with sitting down and looking at the blank computer screen, or putting pen to paper to keep in touch with those near and dear. What to write, I...

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A HOLY MOMENT

On Monday evening, our community experienced what I believe was a holy moment. We gathered together to mourn the loss of a six-year-old child, and to express our love and support to the family. The tragedy is incomprehensible as they have barely experienced healing...

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TO GOD BE THE GLORY

My husband Randy celebrated his --drum roll, please--56th birthday a couple of weeks ago! As they say in Alcoholics Anonymous, that's a "belly button" birthday. His sobriety birthday is coming up on 9 years--a miraculous, joyous occasion that has made the celebration...

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God is Still in Control

I'm in my fleecy bathrobe this morning--my favorite part of Saturday morning. Just having quiet time with the Lord, time to think and pray. I love not having to race out the door for work. I look outside at the beauty of early spring. Seeing green grass, buds on lilac...

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Sunday’s Coming!

Who can forget Tony Campolo's incredibly powerful message from a number of years ago, It's Friday, but Sunday's Coming! Just in case you've never heard it, Tony Campolo, a pastor and university professor, recounted a sermon preached by an African American pastor who...

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Finding the Straight Path

One of the first scripture verses I memorized was Proverbs 3:5,6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."I memorized those words out of necessity when I...

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HOME Winter is definitely still with us. Snow has been falling since early this morning, and with gray skies, it looks like we could be in for an all day snow. (A nice change from the dirty winter-tired layers of melting gray stuff we've looked at for weeks now.) It's...

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A TASTE OF HEAVEN Last Thursday night, the Methow Valley where I live in N. Central Washington hosted the Harlem Gospel Choir. I wish you could have joined me in The Barn, our community auditorium for this amazing evening. All I could think of was "this is just a...

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