Tag: Peace
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Hunger Stone
Confession: one of my favorite pass times is checking what’s trending on Wikipedia. Last night I found a captivating article about hunger stones. These are large rocks set into river banks during times of extreme drought. Meant to serve as cautionary signs for those in the future, when such markers become visible it means hard…
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Big Gate but No Fence
I’ve watched with curiosity as a property, on my way to work, has taken shape these past two years. First, the owner built a house. Then, he built another one. Finally, he added a large garage in between them. This was just the beginning. Next, the creative fellow added lots of landscaping, a large fountain,…
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Nobody Knew His Secret Ambition
Blogger Beth Alison, from Lessons from a Lab, shared a post yesterday about the Christian’s new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Christ from the dead. A Moment with Our Creator: 1 Peter 1:3 closes with Beth’s request for her readers to share their favorite Easter song. Musically, Easter brings to mind…
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Big Dog Watching
Things are not always as they seem.
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It’s Time to Sing?
Early one crisp morning I stepped out on the back porch, coffee mug in hand. It was late February, and there was still snow on the ground. And that’s when I heard it: bird song! A male cardinal sat in our leafless butterfly bush singing his heart out–at 36 degrees Fahrenheit! “How do you know…
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When Little is Much
Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil. Proverbs 15:16 (NIV) I had a friend in grad school who came from a rather wealthy family. I’ll call him Howard, because, to middle class me, he may as well have been Howard Hughes. His parents had a cabin in the…
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