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Seed speculations
It seems like an odd time of year to be thinking about seeds. It began over the weekend, when my husband got to thinking about God’s provision of seed-bearing plants very early in…
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The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic
What do you do when your ten-year-old daughter hands you a book and says, “You have to read this. Then, I want to see it on your blog. And I’ll help.” You read…
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If Jesus Were a Parent
We’ve been reading Hal Perkins’ If Jesus Were a Parent: Coaching Your Child to Follow Jesus in a Sunday school class for a couple of months. It’s a book that has stimulated some…
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A bit about beavers
We’ve been observing the beaver activity at a nearby wetland lately. Their lodge is not too far out on the pond, surrounded by water. In the summer we would see turtles sunning themselves…
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Overcomers
Today’s Oswald Chambers is very thought-provoking. I’ve been mulling it all day. It was a meditation on the phrase “to him who overcomes,” from Revelation 2. I don’t normally quote things in entirety,…
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December state of mind
Here we are: me and my daughters. My oldest is waving. See? We’ve made it through November, one of the grayest months of the year, and yesterday we made another of our ongoing…
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Facebook and blogging
Over the last year I’ve read of several fellow bloggers who’ve left or put limits on their Facebook involvement. One is Deb; another is Jess; most recently, Pastor Dennis. I find something I…
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Now I Remember: The Autobiography of Thornton W. Burgess
Sometimes you can enjoy a series of books, but grow disillusioned when you read the author’s biography. (This happened to me when I read Elizabeth Goudge’s autobiography.) But in Thornton Burgess’s case, I…
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Neighborhood Hawks
The convenience of the high trees! The air’s buoyancy and the sun’s ray Are of advantage to me; And the earth’s face upward for my inspection. My feet are locked upon the rough…
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Thanksgiving
5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas; 6…
