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Panic settled upon me after hearing how driven the state of Kansas has become in its effort to lure, entice, kidnap the KC Chiefs across state lines. Wouldn’t that be a federal offense? The same sense of panic sat in when Jackson County failed to renew the tax for the KC Royals in April. Why panic? I
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During the past few months, I have had the honor of officiating at two funerals, and yesterday I attended a third funeral. There is one resounding principle that keeps ringing in my ears: the greatest gift ever is love. Yesterday’s funeral was for a member of my church family of 28 years. I came to this community to
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Sunshine has returned! In fact this marks the third day just this week seeing the brilliance of Spring’s sun shining through the new leaves of trees around the house. Goodness, it feels so good! Any day filled with sunshine feels so much more valuable than days filled with clouds, rain, snow and all the ill weather one
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Ok, I admit that is what happened to me in relation to an entire genre—fantasy. And I had my reasons to avoid them. Primarily I am dyslexic and reading books with created language does not work well for me. First, I have to decode the language and then I have to create a new vocabulary just to
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Continuing on my year-long Bible study, I find that my thoughts are so full of ideas that it is difficult to isolate a clear statement. Today, it took me all week to locate what I had read and find a way to state what I learned. I pray that it makes a difference for you,
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At times life seems to be floating along with little trouble and we get lulled into complacency. We listen to the news and know that there are troubles swirling around us, but somehow they really do not affect our day-to-day routines. And there are those times when we are hassled by a runny nose or lack
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Almost thirty years ago, I drove to Des Moines, IA, and met national Orton Dyslexia Society board members for my first regional conference on dyslexia. Last week my daughter made her first presentation on the subject of dyslexia—her personal journey and methods that work. That January 1990, weekend conference began a journey that continues to affect
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I am a Methodist and I am an American. Today I am struggling to deal with all that is in the news and then you add the loss of sunshine and warmer temperatures as another winter storm roars in and others line up. Some days are just plain ole’ dreary. There are always typical household
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Surely you know the feeling when you read something and it strikes you as such an evident piece of truth you wonder why in the world you haven’t realized this before. I certainly am finding this as I continue working through the Bible reading plan. This morning the statement was buried in the study notes of
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I know, I just could not resist that we are still in the midst of one of the craziest winters here in the middle of the US: snow, ice, more snow, spring temperatures, fog, even freezing fog (I call frog), rain, snow, and more. During the past several years, we have had extraordinarily mild Midwest winters. In
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Love God, love life, love one another.
Susandoodles 