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Five Minute Friday — Direction

Time for Five Minute Friday. You know what that means. I’ll write for five focused minutes  on a specific prompt, then get together and share with my fellow writers at Kate’s spot on Facebook at fiveminutefriday.com. To entice you to … Continue reading

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Toast

It’s the little things in life that give it its flavor. This morning, I actually had toast for breakfast. I like toast for breakfast. It’s a perfect complement to good, hot, black coffee. Spread a little bit of butter {healthy … Continue reading

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Change the World

Don’t read anything into this post or between the lines, but the adventures of the past three months have focused on my mortality. I am hopeful there will be many more years of blogging and sharing, but I’m also cognizant, … Continue reading

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The Journey Continues

Now that I’ve “officially” completed my late year journey, it’s time to figure out the next step. It’s one of the questions just about everyone asks me, and, of course, my family has been making their respective pitches for why … Continue reading

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Daddy

And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God. — … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday

Normally, today would  be a post on the prompt word from Kate Motaung and released at last night’s Twitter party for our FMF writing group. However, because of the busyness of Christmas, the visits, the baking, the exhaustion, we’ve taken … Continue reading

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Evaluation Time

I started the new year with a goal of posting every day. Now, 360 days later, I  am happy to report I haven’t missed a beat. My goal is in sight. Some of the posts were reruns, some were borrowed … Continue reading

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A Christmas Prayer — 2019

As a Christmas gift, I would like to share a Christmas message. As I’ve doing for the past few years, I “borrowed” some words my wife wrote, which became a staple for Christmas in the Reveille/Between the Lakes. I thought … Continue reading

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Where’s the Line to See Jesus?

While at the mall a number of years ago, a mother with her four year old nephew, Spencer, saw kids lined up to see Santa Claus. Having been taught as a toddler Christmas is the holiday Christians celebrate the birth … Continue reading

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Call Him Jesus

(The angel said) “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a Son, and you shall call His Name Jesus, … Continue reading

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