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Building Potential

This past weekend our family celebrated my daughter’s birthday. As a parent, it’s such an incredible feeling to watch her and her brothers get older.  I love seeing their personalities develop and their passions emerge.  My daughter is a young girl with many passions and interests.  One thing that has consistently caught my attention through the years is her creativity.  Specifically, it’s not just the imaginative ideas that are often observed in...

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Posted by Jerimiah Smith

Abundant Provision

Many moons ago, HC Maples gave me a blackberry cane. Since I don’t trust my gardening abilities, I planted it next to my back door so I would remember to water it. Within a few years, the brambles took over the sidewalk, covering the path to our back yard.   The next year, we moved a few slips to a narrow fence row near our garage. Once again, the blackberries flourished. They grew, multiplied, and provided more fruit than we could imagine. Last year, we had berries in the...

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Posted by Caroline Poe

Maycember

Maycember.  That’s what we started calling it in our home.  I’m pretty sure I first saw that title somewhere online.  I’m not sure who to give credit for that description but it feels accurate.  This season leading up to summer has all the busyness of December but without the cookies and presents to entice you along the way.  As a father with three kids in school, the last month has been filled with numerous end of year programs, recitals, field...

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Posted by Jerimiah Smith

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