Monthly Archives: November 2006
Offering Hope
I have friends who live in a tiny village in the middle of a jungle on an island in the Pacific. Tribes and villages of people all through the jungle have gotten sick with a mysterious illness that is killing … Continue reading
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Christmas Traditions
What are your favorite Christmas traditions? We have some serious traditions and some silly traditions. If I ask my children what their favorite Christmas tradition is, I am sure they would all scream out “Banana Splits!”
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Christmas Albums
Most of my favorite Christmas albums are albums I’ve listened to at Christmastime for years and years and years. I am not a big Statler Brothers fan, but
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Your Favorite Christmas Album?
The weekend after Thanksgiving kicks off our Christmas-music-season. So on our 4-hour drive home from our long Thanksgiving weekend, we pulled up the Christmas mix on the iPod and enjoyed our favorites.
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Thanksgiving
It’s been a busy few days with travel and visiting and eating. In the spirit of the holiday, I want to add a few things of my own to the Thankful list. I’m thankful for —
Did You Know?
Did you know that there are over 3000 ethnic groups of people in the world who have never heard of Jesus? They don’t have one word of the Bible in their own heart-language. These tribes of people don’t have a … Continue reading
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Death
Our children have recently had their first experience with death. Really, their first major experience with God saying a resounding NO to their prayers and pleadings. They don’t understand why God would let Mama T. die if we all prayed … Continue reading
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