______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Janice M. Barlow PEOPLE HAVE AN INNATE NEED to be at odds with each other. This desire is recognized on many levels. Let’s touch on each of them and hone in on the last one. First, we are at odds with enemy nations. Countries like Afghanistan have only recently become our enemy, taking…
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By Janice Barlow A GO-TO WORD IN RECENT DAYS IS CHAOS. Keeping in mind that God is not the author of confusion, (1 Corinthians 14:33), and that God is the same, yesterday, today, and forever, (Hebrews 13:8), the source of this chaos needs to originate from somewhere other than God. Where there is chaos, where there…
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By Janice M. Barlow WITH THE APPROACH of the election, the inundation of lies on both sides to destroy the opponent is nothing new. But because it can be done on social media, the lies can spread like wildfire. And sites such as Facebook can selectively choose which videos, ads, memes, articles, posts, and comments…
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By David Anderson After a record-setting months-on-end of raining cats and dogs, and although during the deluge it seems very much in doubt that the sun will ever shine, the wonderful, yellow, happy-face, life-smiling orb again rises. Youth baseball games – after innumerable practices in the rain and the mud, having given new meaning to…
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By David Anderson My wedding ring saved my finger. My wife’s played a part in saving her life. Sometimes, lost in thought, I’ll catch myself absently twisting and turning it round and round. My best friend of 48-years-marriage made it herself. Cast from a simple circle of wax melted away in the white-hot heat of…
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By Todd Freeman WITH ALL THE PRESSURE to wear masks, why is there so little instruction about them? Which ones work? Which ones don’t, and which ones actually pose a danger? WE know that COVID-19 is spread by inhaling droplets from an infected person’s cough or sneeze. This is why most transmissions are among family…
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