The ennui of last week has thankfully passed and Saturday past was spent doing farm work. Late that afternoon, Rebekah called and said, “Let’s go to the Grange rib dinner and then to Seussical the Musical. Both sounded good to me so off we went, first to the Grange where Miss Lightweight had the half rack and the Farm Hand, me,…
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Dear Dave,
For the longest time, years in fact, grief was my constant companion and every waking moment a sucker punch to the gut, breath caught between teeth as I struggled with the “new normal” (oh, how I hate that term!) of not having you at my side. Oh how I miss hearing, “How’s everything down at the barn this morning?” or…
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Sabbath Keeping
“The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.” ~ Psalm 14:2 ~ “Everyone wants to go to heaven but no one wants to die.” “Heaven on earth…not a place to find but a decision to make.” “I would not give one moment of heaven for…
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The Severe Weight of Nothing
the bed soaked with tears a psalmist laments in the late early hours the enormous effort of crying the energy the energy no strength to stay in bed harder to get up to chase the memories away understanding the siren lure for a few hours of blessed oblivion the sacrament of not remembering lonely comfort during the day the…
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A Girl with a Dream becomes a Woman with a Vision
(me with my 1967 Ford Mustang) Where to start? The beginning is good but that was such a long time ago so I’ll just jump in now and play a game of catch-up. For some time, I’ve been working on a new look for my blog and hired Gretchen Louise to both migrate blogspot (which was begun in May 2005)…
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Sabbath Keeping ~ Keep It Holy
“Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” ~ Exodus 20:8 ~ “Is it not interesting that the one Commandment that begins with ‘remember’ is the one Commandment mainstream Christianity has forgotten?” ~ unknown ~ “I first found delight in the Sabbath many years ago, when, as a busy surgeon, I knew that the Sabbath became a day of personal healing. By the end…
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Sabbath Keeping ~ Patience
“For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.” ~ Habakkuk 2:3 ~ “Every great dream begins with a dreamer Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars…
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Sabbath Keeping ~ Aliens
“Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” ~ Psalm 90:1-2 ~ “We meet aliens every day who have something to give to us. They come in the form of people with different opinions.”…
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The Best Way to Be Prepared is to Plan Ahead – for a Conference
~ Sam P. Spade, Secret Agent (in chair), Smudge Moonbeam (black cat) and Sadie BeauHunkus Ridge (lower right corner) three reasons it’s hard for me to leave home ~ Over the decades (yes, I am that old – lol), it’s been a privilege to both attend and speak at various conferences, conventions and workshops as well as being the event…
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Sabbath Keeping ~ God calling
“Before they call I will answer. While they are still speaking I will hear.” ~ Isaiah 65:24 ~ “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” ~ Frederick Buechner ~ “When Christ calls a man He bids him come and die.” ~ Deitrich Bonhoeffer ~ “God did not direct…
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Sabbath Keeping – Good Shepherd
“The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” ~ Psalm 23:1 ~ “God has entrusted us with His most important possession…His people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.” ~ John Ortberg ~ “The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd…
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