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There Are No Birds in Last Year’s Nest
Two things happened this week which have brought a chapter in my life to a close. The first was the death of our “big, blue bus.” It’s not altogether un-resuscitable, but the cost is prohibitive. This bus had come to… Continue reading
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Choosing a Church
[With school drawing nearer, I have found my available time for posting significantly diminishing. I know that the school year will create a challenge to my posting, but I hope to keep a respectable presence here throughout the months ahead.… Continue reading
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When Men Were Men and Women Were Women
As a collector and reader of vintage etiquette books, I often pine for the days of thoughtful manners, the days when rules of etiquette were carefully taught and practiced at home and were considered necessary for a polite society. We… Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Dad
Happy 72nd birthday, Dad! I can only hope to resemble you in so many, many ways. I love you! [This picture was taken the same day (same couch) as Mom’s photo; see 07-31-2012 post. Dad (Ray) was probably 27 years… Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Mom
Happy birthday to my dear, beautiful, funny, encouraging, hard-working, thrifty, creative mom, Myrna Mae Anderson LeClerc (1942-2004). I love and miss you very much. Continue reading
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Heaven, Hell and Earth
I’ve seen t-shirts that say “Jonathan Edwards is My Homeboy” which makes me laugh. Well…Jonathan Edwards is my Facebook friend. I, therefore, receive occasional posts which included this insightful one-liner: “This world is all the hell that ever a true… Continue reading
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God, Be Merciful to Me
A relatively new favorite hymn for me based on Psalm 51, a psalm of King David written after Nathan the prophet confronted David about his sexual sin with Bathsheba and effective murder of her husband. First, the psalm (ESV)… Have… Continue reading
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Happy Anniversary, Dana
Here’s a post from Ray Ortlund, lead pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Even though it is addressed to men, I’m a bit nostalgic today and with a few pronoun changes it works for me as I remember the… Continue reading
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Something Greater than the Temple is Here
This is a beautiful virtual reconstruction model of Herod’s temple complex in Jerusalem constructed by UCLA and the Israel Antiquities Authority with music by Lynn Job. The temple represented here is the one spoken of in the New Testament… Continue reading
Shooting Over the Horizon 