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The Most Special Christmas Gift…Time
Dear Reader: We talk about this a lot…but the giving of time to loved ones and strangers, alike, has got to be the most precious gift of all….on any day…but especially, I think, at Christmas! Luke...
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Life Always Wins…Especially At Christmas
Dear Reader: Haven’t we all found ourselves saying ‘tried and true’ words of condolences about a friend or loved one who passes away around Christmas? We shake our heads and think…it is going to be...
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“Harmone-ous” Christmases Past
Dear Reader: This week’s StoryWorth question yesterday asked me to remember which store was my favorite growing up…or, perhaps, the one store that I remembered the most from my childhood. Immediately...
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THE Christmas Story
Dear Reader: On Christmas Eve for the past three decades I have told numerous Christmas stories at the Children’s Service…about Christmas trees of every description, animals of every type , legends...
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Adding “Life’s Extras” to the Manger
Dear Reader: I know it is the ‘gardener’ in me…but I happen to be of the mind that anything looks better with greenery complementing it…it just adds another dimension of ‘comfort and joy.’ So...
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“It Never Gets Easier…You Just Get Stronger”
Dear Reader: I remember while walking the Race for the Cure several years in a row with family and friends…the race “theme song” would begin playing loudly from the speakers around the race route,...
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Finding and Following Our Special Paths
Dear Reader: Yesterday I walked into the den in time to overhear a conversation in a Christmas movie, apparently. I still don’t know the name of the show but a young child was starting to question...
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The Metamorphosis of a Merry Christmas
Dear Reader: Metamorphosis is defined as a change in the form or nature of a thing or person… into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means. In this case… between the two...
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Look Ahead This Christmas…Not Behind
Dear Reader: When I came across this painting (using Norman Rockwell’s particular way of looking at the world) re-created by other artists…I had to smile. It reminded me of Jake on his little ladder...
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Give Me Just Enough…This Christmas!
Dear Reader: I can honestly say I have never wanted riches beyond my wildest imagination….I have just wanted enough money to pay my monthly bills with enough left over to save for a rainy day and buy...
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“What Child is This?”
Dear Reader: “What Child Is This?” is my favorite Christmas carol… hands down…because of the creator’s original history- the story behind the story of this song- intertwined with my own family’s...
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Christmas Hearts of Love
Dear Reader: Yesterday I told you that I received a wonderful package filled with ‘everything good about Danish Christmas customs.’ (A children’s book filled with Danish stories, a bag filled with...
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…”She Will Move Mountains”
Dear Reader: A “God Wink” appeared out of nowhere yesterday to restore a lot of faith in the universe and the messages it sends to each of us individually…especially when we need to hear it tell us …...
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Spoiling Jesus…A Grandmother’s Prerogative
Dear Reader: Yesterday, December 18, I decided to look ‘back to the future’ and see what I wrote about on that date in past years…When I looked at the blog post from December 18, 2019…the story was...
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During Tough Christmases…Find One Decoration that Speaks to You
Dear Reader: This just might be the Christmas when we recognize that there is such a thing as “defiant decorations”…sounds really strange doesn’t it…but Quinn Caldwell explains it through his own...
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The Winter Solstice…The Night the Shadows Don’t Win
Dear Reader: Today is the shortest day of the year and if this were a football game…night would win because it would beat out the light…15 hours of darkness today. It appears that earth itself has...
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Sitting on History…
Dear Reader: If you are admiring an adorable little white chair in front of my computer desk (instead of my “borrowed” kitchen chair that I’ve been forced to use for over a year now)…you are an...
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Can You Feel It In the Air? Christmas is Near!
Dear Reader: The God Winks this past week have been showing up almost daily…they are literally dropping right in front of me…like the last of the beautiful fall leaves. The title photo is a sign I...
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The Christmas Clock Just Keeps on Ticking…
Dear Reader: This past Monday morning I had my regularly scheduled oncology visit…all went well…I have a Christmas reprieve from more tests or procedures until February when I have my CT Scan…so I...
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Christmas Memories…How It All Began
Dear Reader: When Jeff, my pastor, and I met (several weeks ago) to plan for the annual Christmas Eve Story at the 5:00 Service…we both knew the service would have to be quite different… this year my...
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