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Give A Little Gift!
It's Giving Tuesday! If you are looking for a worthy cause in which to donate, I invite you to consider Bucket Buddies Mission. This is the non-profit we created in honor of my sister who passed away from cancer in 2014. Bucket Buddies is designed to make a...
Kick Covid to the Curb While You Celebrate and Serve!
It's Thanksgiving and wow......did this pandemic change our year of 2020! Are you having gatherings at your house this year? Has Covid put a halt to Thanksgiving celebrations as you know it? What can you do to get over the "unsettledness" of this year perhaps being...
Poke. Prod. Press.
Ouch! When you go to the doctor for an ailment, he or she usually pokes, prods and presses on the affected area trying to see if they can diagnosis the complaint. For example, several years ago I couldn't raise my arm over a certain height. It wouldn't go backwards...
From Stinky to Fragrant.
"The brokenness of the world does not begin with systems, but with the human heart.” - Kyle Idelman, Pastor, Louisville, KY Let that soak in. Read it again. “The brokenness of the world does not begin with systems, but with the human heart.” Today’s politics are a...
What’s Your Number?
I am a 7 with an 8-Wing. Enneagram. The latest and greatest personality test. Have you ever taken a personality test? They are very interesting. One test defined me as a "yellow". Another test defined me as a "7" and yet another gave me some combo of numbers and...
Today’s Day of Prayer.
Franklin Graham, the son of the late Evangelist Billy Graham, posts these words on the Samaritan's Purse website: "Today, our nation is at a critical juncture. We need to call out to God for His help, His intervention, and His mercy. It is only by His hand that...
Pinocchio Prayers
Nothing worse than being lied to. And unfortunately, this time of year during voting season, it seems the lies are passed around like candy. One party blames another while touting their own lies. The accused creates their own lies to combat the accuser. It snowballs...
Toothpaste Words.
Have you ever squeezed the toothpaste too much and all that white glob spills over the sides of the toothbrush? I try to prop it back on top of the brush only to leave it oozing down the side again. I think, "it will be okay. This isn't that much toothpaste." I...
The Wooden Bench.
There's one outside the local barber shop to catch up on today's gossip. There's one at the bus stop to take a load off during the wait. There's a few scattered around the reservoir to rest during exercise. There's one on the front porch and another on the back....
