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HARMONY
One of my very first memories is my dad lifting me up so I could see over the balcony of our American apartment in Frankfurt, Germany, and hear the carolers...
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“THE BODY” PARTS
A couple of weeks ago I experienced the joy of a body slowly falling apart. While on vacation I had the audacity to sit in a chair, you heard me...
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September 20, 2023
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BEHAVIOR
One day, when I was out for a neighborhood walk, I noticed two boys and an adult walking along the street. One of the young boys had a bike which he...
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September 13, 2023
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THE BALCONY BIRD
I was reading, enjoying the night on the little balcony outside our ship cabin this week. The balcony light, like the light of a back porch at home, lit up...
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September 05, 2023
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IRONY
After moving into our home in Anderson, a 9-inch X 12.5 inch by 2” solid metal block was found outside…weighing 62.8 pounds. How can something a little larger than a...
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August 30, 2023
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BUMPER FISH ADVERTISING
I was in my car, on my way to Indianapolis. I was in the right-hand lane (going the speed limit…really!) and a car drove past me, pulled in front of me and...
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August 21, 2023
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TEACHING
Miss LaClaire, Miss Just, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Van Dyke, Mrs. Goranson, Mrs. Stankman, Mr. McNamara. When the school year comes around, I go through these names and memories again. I may...
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August 16, 2023
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CONSIDER THE LILIES by Pastor Ken Rickett
Luke 12:27 “Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of...
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August 09, 2023
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THE FACE OF JESUS
Warner Elias Sallman, a first-generation American (his parents were immigrants from Finland and Sweden), sang in his local church choir in Chicago. It was there he met his wife, Ruth in 1916. ...
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August 02, 2023
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THE UNIVERSE DOESN’T REVOLVE AROUND ME
It was a beautiful place, and a wonderful vacation: Italy! We recently spent nine glorious days in one of my favorite cities in the world, Florence. Our circle was small;...
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