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Time for Godly Examples

7 Oct

Every fall I walk by the tall asters planted by our driveway and remember the day Delia Leddy dug a wild clump of them from a field beside her house and gave them to me. Delia was the sweet mother of a dear friend. Though she has long been gone from the earth her faithfulness and servant heart is an ... View Post

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Her Teaching Still Talks to Him

1 Oct

My daddy's first cousin, Kenneth Wayne Head, is faithful to email several of us cousins. He keeps us up on the family news of the descendants of my great-grandparents, Jim and Cora Head. I showed you this photograph of Mama Head back in July. That's Mama Head on the right with my Daddy as a baby and ... View Post

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A Hero

18 Sep

Ray and I had an encouraging conversation with a single dad yesterday afternoon. He's fed up. COVID-induced online learning through his local public school isn't working for his six-year-old boy. His little boy doesn't want to sit at a computer from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. doing live online school ... View Post

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A Shining Moment in American History

15 Sep

In February 1945, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin agreed to to meet together after the defeat of Germany. However, by the time Germany surrendered on May 8, Franklin Roosevelt was dead and Harry Truman was president of the ... View Post

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Happy Labor Day, 2020

7 Sep

Every day is a day to be grateful. Today is an especially good day to be grateful for work -- the work others do to benefit us and the work God gives us to do, for example: Loved ones to serve. Agricultural workers who grow our food. Business owners who provide jobs. Officials who do their jobs ... View Post

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A Homeschool Dad and a Hero

27 Aug

Not long after yesterday's post went out by email, I received a sweet response from a proud wife. She wrote: My husband has been in fire services since he was old enough to hang onto the back of the truck when he was a boy and went with his dad on volunteer calls. She went on to tell me ... View Post

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