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Family…part 1

“Blood is thicker than water, ” is the old saying that tells us that blood relationships are the most important.   I grew up in a tight knit family of four, and we never had friends over on Thanksgiving or Christmas.  It was never a thought to even...

Transported

Last night I had some writing to complete.  I am speaking at an event in Missouri this week and my talk was all over the place!  I had so many ideas and they just were not organized the way I had wanted them to be.  I needed to have some quiet…some solitude to try to...

The unknown curve

Faith has gotten me through some of the worst times in my life.  That is for sure.  I have often considered myself a woman whose faith was a key part of her life.  I just  wish I could say that my faith was strong all of the time…that it never wavered…that I lived...

God can always hear you

Today in worship, we celebrated communion (I like that our second service celebrates communion weekly).  After receiving the elements, I went to the altar to pray…and I had no words.  I wanted to talk to God after that special moment of communion, but my heart and...

Two weeks in…

It’s January 15th…two weeks into 2017.  I wonder how many people have already fallen off the wagon and blow their resolutions to pieces?  My One Word, “change,” is staring me in the face (literally, it’s over my desk) and I feel like I have not...

On this day in 1927…

On this day in 1927, a baby boy was born.  He wasn’t just any baby.  He turned into a smart, passionate, driven young man with a bright future for the taking.  He was in the school band, was an athlete, was a loyal son and he fought hard to get his education. ...