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Rejoice in Life's Surprises

This is the day the Lord has made.We will rejoice and be glad in it.Psalm 118:24 We canoed a lot as a family. Almost every summer involved road trips with canoes strapped on top of our van to take them to lakes and rivers where we could play. We paddled and splashed and swam. We prided ourselves in our abilities and we still found ways to test those abilities. I hadn’t yet established my “don’t do dumb” life rule (see my previous blog...

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Let Us Remember

When I was a child I loved playing the game Memory.  You have a bunch of cards face down on the floor and then you flip them over one at a time to make a match.  I played this game with my grandmother all the time.  It’s a fun childhood game that often serves as an early introduction to many children to use their memory.  The ability to recall information seems to vary from one person to the next.  Some people seem to struggle with remembering information while...

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You Are Not Alone

Want to know one of the things that makes me smile? Faces! I love faces! Recently I asked our Discipleship group leaders for pictures of their groups. And I got to see the most amazing, happy, joyful faces. They may have had a smile on their face because they knew their picture was being taken. Yet I guarantee there was joy within their heart because they were with “their people.” Over the last 12 months, their group members have been the ones to hear their frustrations, to...

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