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Lesson in Simplicity

It started as  a way to pray for my family and friends and give them a little encouragement. Along the way, the “words for the week” just kept picking up steam, growing from five family members to close to 150 … Continue reading

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Stewards of the Blessing of Time

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven … — Ecclesiastes 3:1 Dr. Seuss wrote, “How did it get late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My … Continue reading

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Prayer-Care-Share

As I try to make this blog more interactive, I’ll slide into what I hope becomes a Saturday fixture — Prayer-Care-Share. It’s been a slow transition, but the intent of this category is first and foremost to bring your words … Continue reading

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Words for the Week

As many of you know, I send out a weekly Words for the Week to family and friends. It started as a way to spend time praying for my family, friends and faith partners and share with them some nugget … Continue reading

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Need prayer, care, share?

It’s Friday! Time for Fi… Wait, Five Minute Friday is on hiatus, but I’m here. So I might as well make a plug for 2019 as 2018 winds down, especially as it affects the blog. One of my goals next … Continue reading

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A Christmas Prayer — 2018

As a Christmas gift to myself, I again vowed to take Christmas off. No writing. No work. But I did want to share a Christmas message. What to do? Well, as I’ve doing for the past few years, I “borrowed” … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas friends

There’s an inscription in the book George Bailey receives in It’s a Wonderful Life. It read, “… remember, no man is a failure who has friends …” George, of course, was pretty despondent facing embarrassment and bankruptcy for something that … Continue reading

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Last call

It looks like today is the last day for Round II balloting for AllAuthor’s Cover of the Month contest. I’m not sure I’ll survive the round, but I am proud of the way the cover has been received and thankful … Continue reading

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Rose Colored Christmas

I just finished reading Rose Colored Christmas by Mary L. Ball. As “THE END” flashed on my computer screen,  I had to blink my eyes and scan toward the television. It was almost as if I had just seen a … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Still

Five Minute Friday. A staple for the week. It is, of course, a discipline where independent writers join together to transform thoughts on a specific prompt word from their minds through their fingers onto the screen for five minutes. Then … Continue reading

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