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Do You Pando?
A lone aspen tree is a rare sight to see. I found out this week that planting an aspen and getting it to grow is a task even most horticulturalists are hesitant to attempt. Aspens were never meant to be alone. They are the prime example of a pack animal (or in this case, aContinue reading “Do You Pando?”
2020: Broken Stick or Glow Stick?
if it never got broken, he would have never known what it was supposed to do
A Conversation with Father
“Good morning, Child.” I cringed when I heard the greeting. Not because of the label of “child”, but because of who was speaking. It was Father. “Hello?” He repeated when I didn’t respond. I hung my head. Why was He even talking to me? He knew what I’d done. “I did something stupid,” I confessed.Continue reading “A Conversation with Father”
Happy Father’s Day, to the Meanest Dads in the World
I remember my dad telling us stories about his dad as we were growing up. He once described him as the meanest dad in the world. “My dad didn’t believe in freedom of expression,” he told us once. As an example, he described his father’s homecoming after the war. My grandpa John got off theContinue reading “Happy Father’s Day, to the Meanest Dads in the World”
Taking Baby Steps
I can still remember wondering if our oldest son Chris would graduate from high school holding onto someone’s hand. He’d hit all his first-year milestones at the expected times: rolling over, sitting up, crawling, cruising (walking while holding onto furniture) and then WHAM! At eight months of age, Chris developed a persistent ear infection thatContinue reading “Taking Baby Steps”
Get on Your Shoes: It’s Resurrection Day!
Since Pastor Teddy started televising his sermons following The Lockdown, our family has been faithfully gathering in front of the TV each Sunday morning at 9:30 am. There have been video glitches and mikes that cut in and out at inopportune times, and a time the screen froze for a few minutes and we shoutedContinue reading “Get on Your Shoes: It’s Resurrection Day!”
The Legacy of Our Little House That’s Not on the Prairie
The Corona Virus lock-down was not without some bright spots. One of them was that my husband Ernie and I got to watch Melissa Gilbert go from a young pig tailed girl to a grown married woman – complete with a baby – in just a few short months. Yes, we watched Little House onContinue reading “The Legacy of Our Little House That’s Not on the Prairie”
Taking Back Christ’s Easter
Another Christian holiday, another day for Christians to tear apart. Has anyone else noticed the barrage of anti-Easter posts on Facebook coming from Christians? Well meaning individuals are telling us not to celebrate Easter, as it is a holiday to Ishtar the fertility god. True, when Constantine Christianized the empire, he did merge many ofContinue reading “Taking Back Christ’s Easter”
Lets Fill up the Churches for Holy Week
President Trump has just asked that social distancing guidelines remain in place until at least April 30. The pastor at my church has been live streaming services from an empty sanctuary for the last two weeks. People on social media are lamenting that Easter has been cancelled. That last statement is kind of funny. HowContinue reading “Lets Fill up the Churches for Holy Week”
The Reluctant Firefly 