The Gift of Christmas

I hope this heartfelt story puts you in the Christmas spirit, like it does me! Merry Christmas everyone! kcs I should be snuggled in bed,...

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What comes next is better

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The last three months of the year, I need all the energy I can muster. Now this! “That tooth has to come...

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In His Presence

This fictional story was inspired by a sermon by Christine Caine. Onelate October night, wind with pelting rain blustered outside, seeming...

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The day I learned fear

There’s a scream that if you hear it, you’ll never forget it. Afraid that whatever caused it may be coming for you. I was a...

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Just Do It!

As I was searching my brain for a new blog, (this one) the word love kept rolling around in my head, even as I tried to ignore it. Then one...

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Jesus in 2017: Resolution to Revolution

Happy New Year! Look forward–that’s the general theme of January. Many of us make resolutions we can’t keep, promising to be...

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The Gift of Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! Until God gives me another Christmas story,I offer this as my Christmas classic!I did some editing and added a...

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Election Protection

  “Said the night wind to the shepherd boy Do you hear what I hear?” * Back biting, bickering, Name calling, worse; A...

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Musings: reunions and going home

Deep in the heart of Appalachia are my roots. I don’t often visit the town of my childhood, now less than half of the 6,700 census...

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The Magnificent Life

I’m not a trailblazer. Put me in the woods with a machete, expecting me to clear a path for others to follow, and I’d probably...

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