Lives are like quilts. We don't center for long on just one or two "squares" of the quilt; we look at the complete quilt and how the whole mosaic fits together as we consider its beauty.

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During this pandemic, wearing a mask at the grocery store is probably wise. Let's just not forget to wear a little humility at the same time.

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Drips and crickets. Little annoyances can add up to be weighty when you're already under stress--say, maybe, the stress of a pandemic.

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Wow, how bored does a person need to be to write a poem about toilet paper?! But who would've thought it would ever be so . . . "precious"? Which makes me think . . .

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Did the turtle, the Terrapene ornata, predict the rain? If so, he was right. Those of us whose species is "human" may or may not be right, but we often could use "a little slack" and a lot of mercy.

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Freedom is the gift of God, and purchasing it for us cost the Father his very Son. As America celebrates its birthday and heritage of freedom, here's a story of the price paid by an earthly father, grandfather, and "ordinary" good man, a "citizen soldier" and one of us.

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We live in an “out of kilter” world, but we can thank our Father for the Gift he gave to be sure that one day, pure joy will reign, and nothing and nobody will ever again be out of . . .

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A little cross-breed dog was a sweet friend, but some "mixes" are a really bad idea, and some won't work at all, as the Apostle Paul tries to make very clear.

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Some changes can be surprising! Real change that is positive requires power from Someone stronger than we are. 

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