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Last night I had my teenage son help me prepare supper. We were making Chicken Étoufée, so there was a lot of: cook this for a while, then add this and cook it some more, then add this other thing,…
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Even heroes need comfort
Genesis 24:67 Isaac married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.This verse struck me. Here this 40 year old bachelor nomad meets and marries this beautiful girl in the same afternoon. There…
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I’m so confused!
We have our public high school students read, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. Why? To help them see how horrible human nature can be? I find the book to be ridiculously violent, so I won’t allow my autistic…
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Kernels of Truth
While reading in Genesis today, several things struck me. Abram and his nephew Lot have decided to part ways because the land cannot support them staying together because of their wealth in livestock and their large households. These are the…
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A First World Problem
Job 12:5 “Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.” A convicting verse from my Bible Study this morning. Things that God spoke to me about it: This is a…