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Freedom Today
The story of the Exodus is the story of freedom in every sense. It’s the story of a helpless people who cried out to God, and beyond all hope and expectation were entirely released from the bondage of slavery to a foreign power. This freedom required courage and obedience from the people, but no particular…
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The Queen’s Laughter
The Queen’s Laughter Queen Elizabeth II visited Houston in 1991 when I was living there, and I went to City Hall to see her. She and Prince Phillip were seated on a covered platform out doors overlooking the reflecting pond . The cheerleaders from the University of Texas performed with great enthusiasm and many leaps…
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Holy Spirit Reading
Holy Spirit Reading Everyone reads the Bible differently from everyone else. Some read it critically; others seeking direction or guidance; still others for entertaining stories. Some read to disprove the Bible or at least parts of it, and others read it for the beauty of its metaphors and language. There is another kind of reading…
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Price Changes
At the grocery store now many food items have as many as three prices listed . The first price is for strangers who shop without coupons or a store card. The second is for those with a card only, and the third is for those with both a card and a digital coupon.As I’m not…
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Water Lilies
Slowly paddling a canoe through a bed of water lilies is a sweet experience. Seeing the morning or late afternoon sun on the blossoms and flat leaves works in the imagination toward a quiet , precious beauty. You know that for centuries, probably millennia, such a beauty has touched the minds of countless others, and…
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Peace and War
Catherine had been an army nurse during World War II when I met her late in her life. She had been present in Paris immediately following the liberation. She told of wearing her uniform in the city, and people stopping her to give her flowers or food gifts , thanking her and hugging her .…
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Rain
On Monday all the stress and tension of weeks and weeks of dry heat was relieved in a night and a day of rain that brought almost eight inches of water to our rein gauge in a steady downpour. The temperature plummeted. It was as if the growing things sighed a sigh of release and…
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The Shema
“Shema”, meaning “hear”, is the Hebrew word used by the Jewish faith to designate one of the most famous passages of scripture: “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God , the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:2-5)…
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A King’s Ransom
In one episode of theSherlock Holmes series starring Jeremy Brett, the great detective managed to find and rescue the kidnapped young son of a wealthy nobleman. The nobleman had been overbearing and almost rude to Holmes until Holmes had said to him, “Your Lordship, I’m not unaware of your need for privacy in this ,…
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Unfettered Blessing
Unfettered Blessing One day this week as Jack and I drove home from a shopping trip, we saw in the sky a strong rainbow that seemed to reach the earth, and a fainter second one next to it. We hadn’t had any much needed rain, and it didn’t start to rain, but the bow was…
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