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Geographical Gratitude

We will move like magic on the face of the pond and lake and laugh at the dog while we make geometric figures. Continue reading

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Walking Blind

The God Who Loves Us comes to us, kneels beside us and touches us in gentle compassion and lifts us up to walk again. Continue reading

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A Quiet Faith

We will all, in whatever ways and with whatever responses, further experience the gleanings and meanings of this life we are given. Some carried in the soft breathing of loved ones’ sleeping and others in the prayers of early hours.
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Hairnets & Plastic Gloves

It is the raw eloquence of sincere actions that touches the hearts of others.
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A Warming Light

From these who overcame by the Word, who endured all things, who surrendered their souls to him who had given them, who Continue reading

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A Better Place

There’s just something about a wind chill in the double digits below zero that makes you feel alive! Continue reading

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One out of Three

I like my sleep slow and deep,
drifting through the night
like white clouds in a high sky, Continue reading

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Quiet Drive

I imagine the hand of God, sweeping across the fields, feeling the gentle nap of corn and beans, taking measure and pleasure, like a father’s hand resting on the head of the child he loves. Continue reading

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Bird Brain

“Hey, little fellow,” I greeted it, with no thought as to whether or not any neighbors might be witnessing a middle-aged professor attempting to have a conversation with an mentally impaired bird. No response. So, I reached down gently and nudged it slightly with the back of my finger. Continue reading

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The Noise of Wings

Fervent in preaching, devout in belief and constant in showing care to neighbors and church members, Dad has walked all but his last few steps upon this earth. He will leave the legacy of many good men: his virtues well known and his faults mostly private. Continue reading

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