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Thoughts from my Journey
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Blessings in Affliction
It was a sacred place, being with Mother in her bedroom the morning she died. She had such a flair for decorating which meant we were in a place with beautiful surroundings in the physical realm as well as the spiritual realm. God was present. That was 6 years ago. I’d been with her and…
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It All Adds Up, or Does It?
I taught elementary school and remember the words used to teach subtraction. We use words like take away, decrease, reduce, and fewer than to teach the concept. Before we learned subtraction, we learned addition. Addition was easier to teach than subtraction. We all like the idea of having more than having less. There’s another kind…
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A Step Toward Overcoming Depression
Mother never actually admitted it, but I knew. I could see it in her eyes, hear it in her voice, and sensed it in my soul. Then, I saw the magazine. She had earmarked articles on depression in her Good House Keeping magazines. You’d never know. She was beautiful, sweet, kind, friendly, and always neat…
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Quieting Our Souls
We’re all walking out our own story in this outbreak of COVID-19. The most important question for me today: How am I walking it out? Maybe you want to ask that question with me. Am I walking it out knowing Jesus is with me? Am I concerned for others, even those outside of my immediate…
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The Way to Live-The Way to Leave
In September of 2018 while on a spiritual retreat in Colorado, I peeked at Messenger. It was the kind of retreat where we were asked to put all technology aside, but I did happen to glance at my phone and saw something from my cousin, Greg. We lived 1000 miles apart which made keeping in…
