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A Word about Christmas

It is Christmas Eve, and by the time you read this, it may have already passed. But if not... Little Cheyanne and her mother stopped by yesterday to give a wonderful Christmas gift to Charlotte and me. It was carefully wrapped in a red and white tea-towel and encircled with a festive ribbon. ...

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A Word about Timing

I’m not much at cooking, as most of you have heard and some of you know. I do put together a simple breakfast for Charlotte and me on a daily basis. So, I am thinking, “I do prepare one-third of our meals.” Not bad. But then there is the evening meal. I’m not much good ...

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A Word about Hope

Years ago, I hoped to make the college soccer team. To that point in life, my experience had been corralled into high school gym classes. Talk about a wannabe athlete! But I had met the team’s coach the previous April, and he encouraged me, inspired me, and gave me reason to hope. Now I ...

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A Word About Peace

The undersized tin footlocker was unloaded, the new plaid blanket tucked around the metal-framed bed, and I had been introduced to my roommate. College life had begun! That evening, Gordon College’s class of “68” headed down Grapevine Road to the nearby Singing Beach for a ...

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