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November 30, 2011

The Light of Christ Shines Through

Last Monday night, after I had written and scheduled my Tuesday post on Good Advice Not Followed, I climbed into bed and tried to follow some of my good advice by reading my Bible. I did manage to get through two chapters of Ezekiel (which...

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November 29, 2011

Good Advice Not Followed – My Tuesday Three

A quote from Alice in Wonderland came to mind yesterday, and I couldn’t get it out of my head. I decided to check the accuracy of my quote, and discovered that the way I remembered it must have been from a cartoon or movie. Here...

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November 28, 2011

O Come O Come Emmanuel

We are now in the season of Advent, a time of preparation for Christmas. I decided that for Music Monday during Advent and through the day after Christmas I want to share some of my favorite Christmas songs and why I like them. The first...

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November 27, 2011

Psalm 107 – Give Thanks to the Lord

This Thanksgiving weekend, I decided it would be appropriate to post a Psalm that gives thanks to the Lord, not only for the blessings He bestows upon us, but simply because of who He is. I think Psalm 107 fits the bill. Psalm 107  1...

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November 26, 2011

Taming the Wild – A Poem

The poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub today was to write about the WILD. My first thought was of a song by Johnny Cash called “The Beast in Me” (see video below). I thought of the line in that song, “God help the beast in...

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November 26, 2011

The Root of Thanksgiving – A Poem

The Thanksgiving Day Quotemeal email I got from Heartlight.org was a wonderful quote by Henry Ward Beecher, a mid-nineteenth century clergyman: Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow.  A proud man is seldom a grateful man,...

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November 25, 2011

Spiral Honey Ham, Mashed Potatoes, and Gravy for Recipe Friday

Since yesterday was Thanksgiving, I thought I’d share recipes for the things I made that I’ve not posted before. We had a couple of repeats this year, including Apple Stuffing and Pecan Pie. But the rest of the meal was made on our Traeger. It...

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November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving – A Poem

Today is Thanksgiving Day! It makes me think about how perfect Thankful Thursday is as a theme day. I’ve been looking back over the poems I’ve written for Thankful Thursday this year, and noticing on my stats page that they are getting hits from web...

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