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I’m a product of my generation

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I’m a product of my generation

Come on people now, smile on your brother.

Breaking bread in the new year

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Breaking bread in the new year

There’s always room at the table.

Reflecting on the gifts our savior has given us

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Reflecting on the gifts our savior has given us

These four gifts will bring us joy.

Rescued!

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Rescued!

I love reading stories about dramatic rescues.

Living with the need to know

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Living with the need to know

Living with uncertainty is a part of life.

Struggling with the paradoxes of life

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Struggling with the paradoxes of life

Some of us are caught up in sameness.

Tikkun olam: Finding the light in darkness

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Tikkun olam: Finding the light in darkness

Light can mean brightness and illumination.

Some advice for the season of giving advice

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Some advice for the season of giving advice

‘Tis the season.

More than hoping for the best

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More than hoping for the best

“The world hopes for the best, but the Lord offers the best hope.”

Living & Growing: Dead fish

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Living & Growing: Dead fish

“Do you think I’ll die if I lick a dead salmon?” How do you answer that as a…

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Living & Growing: Putting off falsehood and speaking truth truthfully

We live in a very diverse nation and world where exclusion and “otherizing” is an all too common…

Thumbing our nose at death

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Thumbing our nose at death

Halloween is our way of facing our fears head on.

Guy Crockroft, age 18. (Courtesy Photo | Guy Crockroft)

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Living & Growing: My three fathers

“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.” Psalm…

Living & Growing: Learning to Love Everyone

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Living & Growing: Learning to Love Everyone

This can be the tricky part.

Finding life in the dirt

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Finding life in the dirt

There are few activities as rewarding as digging potatoes.

Living & Growing: Our Heavenly Father’s open arms

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Living & Growing: Our Heavenly Father’s open arms

Have you ever longed for someone to really look forward to you coming home? Maybe you are one…

Living & Growing: I can be an imbecile

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Living & Growing: I can be an imbecile

I have no idea what I’m doing most of the time.