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West Side Story

I don’t like musicals. I like the music in many of them, but I just can’t appreciate singing and dancing through a visual medium. West Side Story included. My wife, however, loved musicals. She went to see West Side Story … Continue reading

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Midweek Mirth

One of the misconceptions about being a Christian is non-Christians think we don’t know how to have fun or have a sense of humor. Trust me, if the Big Guy can have a sense of humor when it comes to … Continue reading

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PTSD and the Holidays

I’ve been sitting on this review for awhile, but the holidays are creeping up. Summer fun in the blink of an eye will give way to school days, fall activities and right into the holiday season. I am not a … Continue reading

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Chasing Rainbows

This week’s words for the week come from Child Psychiatrist Gerald G. Jampolsky, MD. As a child I was told and believed that there was a treasure buried beneath every rainbow. I believed it so much that I have been … Continue reading

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The Righteous Anger of Jesus

In today’s devotional from John Koedyker at Words of Hope from the Reformed Church of America, we consider a time when Jesus was flipping tables and shouting and calling people names. And we realize that we follow a Savior who … Continue reading

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Together in Prayer

As we build this community prayer platform, we ask the Lord to listen to our petitions with full confidence they not only are heard but acted upon by God according to His holy will. These requests are on my prayer … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Again

Time for Five Minute Friday thoughts. I can’t wait to join my fellow writers at fiveminutefriday.com as we share our pearls of wisdom or our pig’s ears and mix and mingle. I’ve been sharing snippets taken from Five Minute Friday: … Continue reading

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Words Matter

I don’t usually comment on national issues. It’s not that I don’t have opinions, it’s because they are just that … opinions, based on information I’ve gathered. As we used to say, GIGO — garbage in, garbage out– and I’m … Continue reading

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Midweek Mirth

One of the misconceptions about being a Christian is non-Christians think we don’t know how to have fun or have a sense of humor. Trust me, if the Big Guy can have a sense of humor when it comes to … Continue reading

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Updates and Questions

What a crazy couple of weeks! I recently completed a phone interview with Don McCauley of  The Authors Show, regarding the release of My Name Is Sam … and Heaven Is Still Shining Through. The interview has been scheduled on … Continue reading

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