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September 17, 2010

Texas Skillet Dinner for Recipe Friday

This is my “go to” dinner. I like it because I always have what it takes to make it in the house and it only takes one pan. There are also lots of leftovers (not because my family doesn’t like it, but because one batch...

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September 16, 2010

Taking Every Choice Captive to Christ

I have been trying to eat healthier lately for two reasons. One, I need to lose some weight and eating cookies, chocolate, ice cream, and high calorie lunches are not very conducive to that goal. Second, I just feel better when I eat more fruits...

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September 15, 2010

Growing Seeds of Faith

A while back I posted about growing my new lawn and how growing seeds of faith takes the right balance of truth and love. Looking at my lawn this morning, I few more thoughts came to me about seeds of faith and how they grow. But...

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September 14, 2010

Amen as a Beginning, Not an End

This morning in my Quotemeal email from http://www.heartlight.org was this quote from Frank Laubach, and Christian Evangelical missionary to the Philippines who was born in 1884:   The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says “Amen” and runs away before God has a...

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September 13, 2010

Family Teaches Love and Forgiveness

Family is such an important part of so many people’s lives, and I am no different. This past weekend I got to spend time with family that I don’t see often enough, even though they are only 2 1/2 hours away. We had a wonderful picnic...

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September 11, 2010

Legal, Social, and Absolute Tolerance

Much of the day yesterday I contemplated what I would write today, and whether I would relate today’s post in any way to the fact that it is the 9th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. There is much controversy...

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September 10, 2010

Turkey Meatballs for Recipe Friday

My local grocery store carries Italian spiced ground turkey, and in an effort to cook more healthy meals I decided one time to use it to make spaghetti and meatballs. However, I couldn’t find a good meatball recipe that worked with this turkey. So I...

Categories Recipe Comments: 3
September 8, 2010

Through Is an Important Preposition

A fellow blogger wrote today about how God allows us to go through difficult times in our lives so that we might grow spiritually stronger. It got me thinking and so I wanted to expand on and add my own thoughts to this concept, which...

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September 7, 2010

Genealogy Reveals Importance of Family

I’ve come to the point in my Bible-in-a-year schedule where I am reading 1 Chronicles, and after a brief break of a few Psalms, I will be reading 2 Chronicles. If I was reading the King James Version, this is where I would find all...

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September 6, 2010

My Constant Heart – A Poem by Jenny Kruschke

Earlier today I was going to write something about marriage, because today is my 24th Anniversary. But the words did not come. I just couldn’t think of how to say what I wanted to about my love. Then tonight I was on Facebook and saw...

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