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The Problem With Labeling
When’s the last time you went to the grocery store to buy some hamburger? Just recently? Every so often I’ll run an errand for my wife, which will include a stop at our local, employee owned, Hy Vee Food store. With list in hand, I’ll wander the aisles looking to complete my task in record…
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Concerning Guns and Death
News flash! There are more guns than cars in the United States. What do you think of that? Gun related deaths averaged about 30 per day in 2013, which equals 10,950 people. With about 300 million guns in the country, that equals about one death for every 27,400 guns. Of course, one is too many.…
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God Gave Them Up?
May I ask you a question or two? They’re kind of personal. In the bible passage below, what kind of God do you see? And is this what is known as “hate speech?” A hateful God? A loving God? “Let’s burn ’em in hell” God, or “What else can I do?” God? You decide. “For…
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A Good Beginning
A Good Beginning (Introduction to new eBook – Breaking the Spirit of Poverty) Before anything, good or bad, there was God. He was before all things, and in him all things stay together. People debate it, trash it, ignore it, and say it isn’t true; but one thing is certain: they can’t change it. For…
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Servant or Jackass?
I just have to share a story I heard today, as told by my good friend, Jo-el. I will probably be guilty of embellishing it just a smidgen, but the original thought came from him. I hope it makes you think, as it did me. Oh, by the way, and not to be vulgar, I…
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Why Do People Choose Darkness?
…the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light… Darkness versus Light. The battle of the ages. But how could there possibly be any real battle, when light is immeasurably more powerful than darkness? The smallest flicker of light has darkness trembling with fear. Both darkness and light are tenacious and competitive. And eternal.…
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Here’s To You
Here’s to all the people who sit in church every Sunday, sing the great hymns, sway to the latest choruses, but never crack open the Word of God throughout the week. Here’s to the great television congregation who can find a good message simply by finding the TV Remote. Here’s to the picky parishioner who…
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Our North Bend Family
Situated in the middle of Ritchie County, West Virginia, amidst the hills, trees, and deer, is a wonderful State Park called North Bend. It’s located about 5 miles west of the County Seat, Harrisville. It has a nice lake for fishing, hiking trails, campgrounds, cabins, and (I saved the best for last) the North Bend…
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Why I Called Her Mom
A Tribute to my mother-in-law, Mary Jane Lloyd. Yesterday, my mother-in-law was buried next to her husband in a little cemetery just north of West Union, West Virginia. I had known her for forty two of her eighty long years. That’s how long I have been associated with her family, the Cecil Ford Lloyd family.…
Jan Grace
adding God's Word into my world…
Jan Grace 