Category: restoration
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Lost and Found
Back in the mid-nineties, the men from my church attended a huge Christian conference at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. The venue was packed with over 63,000 men! Our church van load of guys was safely seated inside, but we were missing someone—our pastor’s son, Todd. Here’s the predicament: Pastor Ron had a ticket…
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Naps with God
The kindergarteners in the classroom where my wife substitutes have a rest time every afternoon. For about thirty minutes, it’s lights out and everyone lies down on their blanket. Some sleep and some don’t, but it’s a quiet time for everyone. This past Tuesday, when the lights came back on, one little guy sat up…
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The Mystery of the Rain Barrel
We have rain barrels at our home that we use to water our flowers in the spring and summer. Two February’s ago, one froze solid–cracking right down the middle. (It’s warm enough here that winterizing things is usually unnecessary). This past fall, I took no chances. Both barrels were fully drained back in November–before the…
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Not So Good to the Last Drop
When life springs a leak.
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Life’s LEGOS
From the time our oldest son was about four, he was fascinated with LEGOS. Family and friends bought him box after box of building sets, ones with a specific theme.This made for some fun father and son time, but they weren’t always easy to assemble. So, sometimes we used our collective imaginations and built something…
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Lord, Raise the Gates!
A fire sprinkler head broke the other day in the ceiling of a gymnasium at my school. Water came pouring down, soaking the gym floor and flooding an adjacent hallway. Somehow, the break tripped the fire alarm, causing two huge metal doors to come down on either end of a long hallway. The main wing…
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