This Friday, our youngest daughter and her family will fly into the States from overseas. Needless to say, we are very excited to spend Christmas together—the first time since 2018 that we will all be in the same room physically. The three younger grandchildren have only experienced Christmas with their cousins over Zoom, and I’m …
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Have You Made Your End-Of-Life Preparations?
A quick internet search for “How to Prepare to Die” will result in a myriad of articles all focused on “end-of-life planning.” Most of these address practical things such as wills, estate planning, powers of attorney, and medical preferences—all things that are helpful for this life, but not much use in preparing for what comes …
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The Eternal Nature Of God’s Wisdom
A quote attributed to George Orwell goes like this: Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. That’s a pretty accurate observation of human nature. As teenagers approach adulthood, they often view their parents’ wisdom as old-fashioned and outdated. …
You’re Making History
“Today is history.” A friend made this remark in passing recently and it occurred to me that we often think of “history” as a record of things done by great people – accomplishments that change the course of culture and the world. We “study” history by reading books and accounts of extraordinary events but sometimes …
12 Days of Christmas {Gifts} – Day 8
While my husband and I were out and about recently, we passed another construction site advertising a new storage facility that was being built. Have you noticed there are a lot of them around? I looked up some statistics. According to one website, there are more than 49,000 storage facilities in the United States – …
The Way Of The Word 