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3 Things That Only Happen in Haiti
Thanks to so many who supported our trip to Haiti this year. I went early with a few, and here are 3 things that pretty much could only happen there… 1: Up to my armpits. We had a couple of toilets we couldn’t get to flush correctly. One was the toilet the 96 too-young-to-aim…
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3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Memorial Day
This was my blog for AnchorPoint Church this week, but I thought it fit here too. Before I get to the three things – I wanted to explain the picture. My Dad didn’t die in WWII, but I still remember him on Memorial Day. My sister found this picture after Mom died, with the writing…
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Did God Move Us to Haiti?
We moved. Is God laughing? We downsized, but not having enough room for kids to move back in with us wasn’t the main reason for moving. I’m now walking distance to work (1.1mi), but I’m still so lazy I drive. The new place has more land. I’m not sure why. How much sand without an…
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The Illegal Grad Speech
What is the world so afraid of? We have sex education, gender identity, and abortion on demand, but seem paranoid to let a High School Valedictorian speak the name of Jesus. Me thinks they protest too much. Below is a short, stunning speech by Jennifer Swadell, Valedictorian of San Diego’s Grossmont High School in 2015…
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Mom’s Day
My mom was born Dec. 12, 1922 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Last week at church we talked about what Ecclesiastes calls “crooked days.” It’s Solomon’s way of talking about hard, suffering, difficult bad days, and my mom had a few of those. She was the youngest of seven kids, and the light in her dads eyes.…
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Bizarre Book Cover Help
I have a little stocking-suffer book scheduled to come out through Heritage Builders this Fall, for Christmas. What do you think of the proposed cover? I especially loved the bug, scientist, and Mary making diapers out of underwear. Hopefully that won’t offend too many…. Any suggestions? Anything you love? loathe? Of course, without reading the…
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Groan
Read through without groaning. I can’t. I was wondering, why would a single, white gal from the states move to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere? It’s dangerous. It’s hot. It stinks. You take one-step off the plane and you groan. That’s the reason. In Mk 7:31-37 Jesus is moved by a mans suffering,…
