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Mar 15, 20244 min read
How Does Your Garden Grow? — Part 2
I’m working on my garden. I’ve prepared the seedlings to put in the ground after the last freeze. They are healthy with the potential of...
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olinfregia
Mar 9, 20244 min read
How Does Your Garden Grow?
I’m working on my garden. It’s that time. It’s not much: a few herbs here, some tomatoes in planter boxes, there. All the more reason,...
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olinfregia
Mar 2, 20244 min read
Worship: It’s a Call and a Cost
One Sunday morning, the preacher noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered...
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olinfregia
Feb 24, 20243 min read
Brotherhood and Friendship: A Hybrid Way to Live
This week I had to say goodbye to a friend, and I gained a new one. Rev. Jim was my brother. Jim was also my friend. I am in bible...
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olinfregia
Feb 17, 20243 min read
Press to the Finish: Lent—It’s 40 days of growing.
Eighty-five-year-old Lew Hollander was given some interesting advice in his lifetime. "When I was a kid, medical pros preached that...
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olinfregia
Feb 10, 20243 min read
No pain, no gain. (and no glory)
A woman goes into labor with her child. The doctor says that they have invented a new device to transfer the pain of child birth to the...
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olinfregia
Feb 3, 20243 min read
“My Supper—just thought you could use a little reminder this week: We are better than this.”—God
This week we were reminded how painful the past can be and how unforgiving the future can seem. The mother of the teenager who killed...
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olinfregia
Jan 27, 20243 min read
You lost what, where?
Have you ever loss something important and went to great lengths to find it, only to discover that it was in the most surprising...
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olinfregia
Jan 20, 20244 min read
What Do You Do When You (and Your God) are Being Bullied?
A police officer jumped into his squad car and called the station. “I have an interesting case here,” he said. “A woman shot her husband...
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olinfregia
Jan 13, 20243 min read
A New Year’s Warning: Do not ignore The Warning label
Every day, we are surrounded by warnings. Every product comes with warning labels. Too bad common sense is not included in the crafting...
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olinfregia
Jan 6, 20243 min read
Last Chance for a Better New Year Plan: Better Planner, Better Plan. Here is a 2020 vision for 2024 resolutions
You made it. 2023 is in the rearview mirror: global climate upheaval, shootings, and wars on two fronts. Hello 2024. Time for a new plan...
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olinfregia
Dec 30, 20233 min read
2024 New Year’s Resolution Tip: See better, you do better.
It’s that time of the year when many people make resolutions for the new year and make plans accordingly. And they go to all kinds of...
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olinfregia
Dec 23, 20232 min read
The Secret is out: their joy is your gift.
On the fourth week of Advent, we light the final purple candle to mark the final week of prayer and penance as we wait for the birth of...
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olinfregia
Dec 16, 20232 min read
We wish you a Mary Christmas!
Recently Brenda Lee’s holiday standard “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” finally led on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart – 65 years...
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olinfregia
Dec 8, 20235 min read
The Cost of Christmas (the second time around)
The countdown is on: how many days till Christmas. There’s not much time to prepare. Days are not the only things being counted. Dollars...
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olinfregia
Dec 2, 20233 min read
Read the signs or miss the message.
Consider these signs: In a cafeteria: “Shoes are required to eat in the cafeteria. Socks can eat any place they want.” Outside a radiator...
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olinfregia
Nov 25, 20233 min read
What’s on Your Wish List if You Had One Wish?
Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror. Are you ready for the next big day—Christmas? I bet you’ve made your list and checked it...
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olinfregia
Nov 18, 20232 min read
THANKSGIVING: Before you throw down, throw Yadah.
One of the many traditions of Thanksgiving is the Thankful Round Table. You know it. Before the turkey throw down, everyone around the...
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olinfregia
Nov 11, 20233 min read
Sorrow has no boundaries that Grace cannot not embrace.
This week, Israel and Hamas have entered a pause in their war. It’s an opportunity for humanitarian relief. Somewhere in that pause is a...
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olinfregia
Nov 4, 20233 min read
What is Sin?
You may be looking at sin. It depends on how you look at sin. It looks differently to different people. You might be tempted to answer...
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