The prayers spoken at the Thanksgiving table remained with us rippling through the rest of the season, renewing our spirits.…
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October, November, and Psalm 23 I’ve been waiting for October and November where the days are cool and crisp. Even as I enjoyed our pool in September, I felt the coming cold weather in…
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I feel September, and beyond the breeze, autumn. Lazy and satiated by her long summer nap, September scatters a few leaves as she rises and exhales a cool overnight breath. I don’t know about…
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Family Lake Life Moving Retirement Seasons Simplifying: Editing Life Summer
moving to the lake house, a summer reverie
moving to the lake house, a summer reverie I thought our home on a beautiful hill was where we would retire, surrounded by trees, wildlife, and grandchildren. However, life took a curious turn in…
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snowfall snow gift For several days in January during all the election hoopla, we got a reprieve from 2021’s tumultuous start. Instead of gray skies, bad news, and endless rain, there was considerable snowfall…
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The struggle over America or any entrenched problem we face is warfare. The struggle itself is spiritual warfare, and requires spiritual weapons.…
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Earlier this morning, I took the dogs out the back door, and they assaulted the quiet winter morning with excited yelps of joy. As they ran up the hill, two deer were startled enough…
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If my people. When I woke up yesterday, on a cold stormy day, the bible verse that begins with the phrase If my people was still hanging in the air from a dream I…
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To see life as out of your control and something that just happens to you before you die is a yoke of lies. That is a true burden. Hopeless and powerless is no way…
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I want to slow down sweater weather and not miss the possible moments, not wish them away or waste them on minutia. So I am writing it down, reminding us all to take notice.…