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No More Ivory Palaces
I sat down to tickle the ivories of my piano last week on Earth Day (April 22) when I remembered “Junior.” This young male clearly had an attitude. While the other elephants in the herd ignored us and...
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No More “GM Nod”
A few weeks ago my car wouldn’t start in the parking lot of the dry cleaner. There had been a clicking noise for a few weeks when I started the car, but each time I ignored it, hoping it would go away....
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When the Rip is Long Enough
It’s the day before an ironman distance triathlon in Grand Rapids: 2.4 miles swimming, 112 miles cycling and 26.2 miles running. Gary and I arrive at Versluis Lake in the morning so I can take a...
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Home
As soon as the plane touched down in Allentown, I knew I was home. The tug of the land was profound as well as comforting. My ancestors on both sides of my family have lived in southeastern...
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Home
As soon as the plane touched down in Allentown, I knew I was home. The tug of the land was profound as well as comforting. My ancestors on both sides of my family have lived in southeastern...
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Edith, Jeffrey and the Saints
A cemetery complete with gravestones is topped by Celtic crosses. Four foot spiders climb the walls of a house. Ghosts, goblins and ghouls hang from trees, windows and lamp posts. Witches are flying...
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Why Are People So Mean?
They would have had a heyday with me. Fashion Police, which premiered in 2010 on the entertainment channel E!, celebrates and mocks current fashion triumphs and fiascoes. Since I am anything but a...
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The Game Changer
The game changer’s name was Frank Keller, but everyone called him Butch. That is, before he got “the call”. You see, Frank was a meat cutter, working in his family’s butcher shop in Souderton,...
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We’re Not Keeping This to Ourselves!
VBS rocks! “Daddy, daddy, we learned about Elijah today, how God spoke to Elijah and comforted him when he was feeling bad. Daddy, did you know that God has the power to comfort us, too? Daddy, can I...
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Whatever Path You Choose
“It was the longest I have ever been silent in my life. I had trouble shutting out the distractions.” “There is nothing between you and God. There’s no place to hide. It’s kind of scary, but God was...
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Ten Ways to Embrace Confusion in 2016
January 4, 2016: Ten Ways to Embrace Confusion in 2016 Our seven-year-old grandson, Ezra, thrives on routine. When he spent last week at our house, I had yogurt available for breakfast. Because it...
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Breathe Freedom
Realizing that we were standing on the holy ground of freedom, I began to tremble. Last week I pointed out his 1758 grave as Gary and I walked through the tiny pre-Revolutionary War cemetery. Peter...
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Finding Jesus
Last Friday the president and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery presented a ceremonial check to John, Lisa and daughter Tiffany Robinson after John’s winning Powerball ticket was authenticated. They have...
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Let’s Do Us Differently!
Let’s Do Us Differently! How is it possible that for the second consecutive year, all twenty contenders in the acting category for the Oscars are white? Jada Pinkett Smith announced last Monday that...
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One Who Never Turned His Back
There are Four Types of Suffering: A Sermon Series for the Sundays of January 1945 January 7: Pain January 14: Fear January 21: Guilt Feelings January 28: Loneliness “These...
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The Testimony of Trivia
I am fascinated with trivia. Twice a day I receive an email from triviahive.com, asking a trivia question with four choices that I rarely guess right. Perhaps I am attracted to trivia because most of...
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Economical With the Truth
Last Tuesday night, during Donald Trump’s press conference after his primary victories in Michigan, Mississippi and Hawaii, he said these words, “Politicians are serious liars. More importantly, they...
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The Biggest Loser
Have you ever felt like the biggest loser: an utter failure? Four years ago I packed up a box of books to send to our daughter in Seattle. But these were not just any old books. They were books that...
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Way to GO … With the Joy of the Young!
Way to GO … With the Joy of the Young! General Conference begins in Portland, Oregon, in five weeks. In keeping with the conference theme, Therefore Go, I am going with a song on my lips and hope in my...
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Three Ways to Move Beyond the Survival Dance
It’s the largest wooded city park in the United States. Forest Park is just minutes from downtown Portland, Oregon and has seventy rolling miles of single track, dirt and gravel trails. After the...
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