Use What You Have

If it hadn’t been for my service on “The Food Panel,” a volunteer gig with our local newspaper, I might never have heard about, or understood the importance of an immersion blender. I wouldn’t call myself a foodie. I just wanted to write. When I saw the ad for volunteers in 2009, I submitted my…

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Practicing the Principles of Peace

How did we get so far out of balance? In the beginning was perfection, the likes of which our world today cannot fathom. Creation flowed in skilled precision as if the wind, rain, and sunshine were on a perfect release schedule, nature’s acrobatic dance over all the earth. But suddenly, the rain turned to snow…

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Making the Most of Turning 60

Sarah Robinson

Once you reach a certain age, your body seems to have its own agenda. It might be good if they could issue us precautions: “Stop! Don’t Go There! All the systems you’ve been taking for granted are soon to be going out-of-whack!” Could be the eyesight, memory lapse, or achy knees, hips, shoulder…and in my…

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Satisfying Our Need for Worship

Sarah Robinson

O for a thousand tongues to sing my Great Redeemer’s praise! The glory of my God and King, The triumphs of His grace! Charles Wesley’s classic hymn, which he wrote in 1739, reportedly to commemorate the first year of his conversion, expresses our desire to fully worship our savior Jesus Christ. I especially like the…

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