Category: Religion
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Bible reading challenges: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
I know. Those are the standard journalist’s questions and I live by them (remember my first degree was in News Ed from MU). I go back to them with each new learning task and reading the Old Testament, especially, challenges my basic knowledge. Thank goodness for study Bibles. I decided to use the…
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Needing sunshine, true; but that is no comparison to needing SON-shine
N No doubt that when the meteorologists are warning us that life is “brutal out there” as NBC’s Today Show’s Al Roker just said; we look for any help we can. Today we are in the midst of the Polar Vortex that is slamming our country with bitter cold. Here in…
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“What goes around, comes around.” Believe it or not, I found the source: Isaiah 3:11
Isn’t it interesting how we tend to pick up a phrase and use it over and over. Often the phrase is one we learn from our own family while we are growing up, and many times we have no clue where it originated. The phrase, “what goes around, comes around,”is one such…
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Brrrrr, it’s cold out there. Better stay in and read.
During the past week, the sun has remained hidden. We had a huge snowfall Friday through Saturday, well even into Sunday. Add to that the low temperatures hovering around 32 for a week, and my brain seems frozen. For a long time, I have known that when winter moves in and the…
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Confessing–already: Only 10 days into the year & struggling
Hanging a new calendar and getting everything in order is like a breath of fresh air. Last year’s stuff is gone and so much to anticipate with a new year. Notice I did not start with resolutions and that is quite purposeful. I do not like making resolutions because my experience has…
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Advent concludes. Christmas is over, too. One thing remains: LOVE
Hard to believe that the week is slipping away and I failed to continue reflecting on Advent. The season swamped me and the hope, joy and peace of Advent almost got lost in the last minute push. But, I cannot tell you how excited I am to share that the final…
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What happens when hope and peace come together?
Looking at the date, I realize how tardy I am into the third week of Advent and I am just now settling into my week’s blog notes. This sets off a huge warning in my head that maybe I am letting the holiday hubbub overpower my days. Sunday the worship service…
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What can Advent teach us? Hope. Peace. Joy. Love.
Sunday began the second week of advent and all the traditional trappings are present for the season. Christmas carols fill the air, decorations are full of red and green, glitter, lights, and so much more. No one can escape the trappings of the season. Yet, in all the hubbub of the holiday…
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Advent fills hearts with hope; Open your heart to be filled
Today the window above my desk is filled with beautiful snowflakes drifting down with a cedar tree in the background. The visuals match the traditional images on so many Christmas cards. Yes, Advent is here and Christians begin the journey to the manger—all sounds familiar to those who have been raised…
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Happy Thanksgiving: Thoughts, tasks & thanks
Only two more days until Thanksgiving Day and my thoughts are a jumbled up mess. Why? Well, I could just start a list and it would get terribly long and complicated, but maybe I can give you a picture of what is flooding my brain. First, I missed last week’s posting…
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