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Tell to the Coming Generation
April 19, 2020

“Listen, dear friends to God’s truth,…Stories we heard from our fathers,  counsel we learned at our Mother’s knee.  We’re not keeping this to ourselves, we’re passing it along to the next generation –  … the marvelous things he has done.” […]

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Steadfast Love
November 12, 2019

Here is the thing about love. It’s really of no value unless it is received. And it can’t be received well if you put all sorts of qualifications and expectations on it. Continuing my journey of learning about steadfast love […]

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How Emptiness Sings
October 22, 2019

I woke up this morning feeling empty and dissatisfied. All I could think about is what I lacked. The thoughts tumbled and taunted and I couldn’t escape them. So I did the only thing I knew to do to find […]

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Behold the Beauty
April 17, 2016

Oh the Beauty… What did I do to deserve the right to behold such beauty? Nothing, really, except that such beauty belongs to Papa and it is His delight to share it with His children. It is His delight to […]

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"Amazing Woman"
May 25, 2015

It was just a few words. A few words I needed to hear. I was traveling with my Dad (who is not what you would call “a talker”) to and from a doctors’s appointment. This appointment just happened to fall […]

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We Are Living Our Dream
May 2, 2015

Yesterday our daughter told me of a young couple we know planning to take another step in their life to allow both of them to work from home. It involves a move from their current home to a new one […]

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Life Lessons

Mixed Up Mindsets and Marriage
March 3, 2015

We are mixed up. Who? All of us in America anyway. We put so much importance on the way people look, their title or the money they make but we don’t emphasize people with real character. We pay our athletes […]

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Marriage Monday – Just Enjoying
April 7, 2014

Sometimes we need to just relax and enjoy the moment. We are finding that we want/need to do more of this. To just appreciate the moment and enjoy what we have. This weekend we did a pretty good job of […]

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Marriage  / Relationships

I Chose to Look Around and Be Amazed
March 15, 2014

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us: to Him be the glory…” Ephesians 3:20:21a NKJV If you’ve known me for very long […]

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Limiting God

Changing Seasons
December 11, 2012

Seasons in Iowa change. It’s one of the things I like about Iowa. Although the past couple of years the weather has been more mild all around, the season have still changed. I was running one September day when I […]

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