IT HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS EVE

  Ira Sankey was a gospel and music writer during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  He composed music and provided the tunes for some of the great hymns written during those days. Sankey can be credited with providing the melody for the following: A Shelter in the Time of Storm, Faith Is the Victory, Grace [...]

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KEEPING CHRISTMAS

 
I ran across this article in my devotional, and thought I would share it with you all.
In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their “flying machine” off the ground.  Thrilled, they telegraphed the message to their sister Katherine:  “We have actually flown 120 feet.  Will be home for Christmas.”
Katherine [...]

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Thank God for Homeschooling!

Today while browsing the news online, I ran across this article regarding a Catholic school that is showing its students a video of a live abortion without parental consent.  I was appalled.  But why should I be surprised?   We would not allow our son Jeremy to go through public school training on the “facts of [...]

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OH DEER!

 
Oh deer!  It happened last year at this time, and now it’s happened again.  I looked out my family room window the other night into our backyard, and to my surprise, there were several deer and a white moose grazing in our yard.  How bright they were, and they moved so slowly and gracefully.  They [...]

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It Takes a Village

One of the Christmas traditions in our household in years past has been a Christmas Village.  It all started around the early 90’s when Mike purchased a few houses at Mervyn’s.  I think they were Department 56 brand.  And each season, when all the Christmas items would go on clearance, Mike would be there to [...]

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CHRISTMAS IS A PROMISE KEPT

When I think of the word “Promise,” my mind reminisces back to the innocent days of my idyllic childhood.  As a little girl, I can remember when making a solemn promise to one of my friends, that I would follow my promise with the phrase, “Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle [...]

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COLD BUSTING TEA

Ah…ah….AHHHHCHOOOOO!    Since this is the time of year when everyone seems to get sick the most, I thought I would share with everyone a recipe my dear friend Lottie gave me a few years ago.  It really helped me, and although you wouldn’t think garlic could taste good as a tea ingredient, it really does!  [...]

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Bobby Follows Suit with Dreadlocks!

Not to be outdone by his younger brother Johnny, Bobby has paid a visit to the beauty parlor and now has an outrageous “do”  to rival that of Johnny.  How can I be seen in public with my two brothers?  What should I do?  Maybe Dr. Laura or Dear Abby can help me.  Any suggestions?

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Johnny’s Dreadlocks

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Several months ago, I had a very disturbing dream.  I dreamt that my youngest brother Johnny had a new hairdo.  Johnny was wearing dreadlocks!  And he was proud of it and had an attitude to match his “do”.  In my family, whenever we have a weird dream, we usually e-mail [...]

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Prophecy and Probability

  I was reading in my devotional this morning, and it said that Isaiah, Micah, and many of the other prophets foretold many details of Jesus’ birth, life and death hundreds of years before they were fulfilled.  The likelihood of these events occurring exactly as they were prophesied is too remote to explain away the [...]

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