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Around the Supper Table
When I was in school, my performance was less than stellar. What other kids were able to get done in class, I usually took home for homework. I was always amazed in school that kids said they were bored. I.....
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Around the Supper Table #113 – What Lives on After Us: Legacy
When my kids were little, I was able to earn extra money as a freelance writer. One of the most interesting assignments was writing speeches. I worked for a hospital foundation that had an awards dinner each year honoring a.....
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Around the Supper Table #112 – Comparison
1 Corinthians 12:25-27, “So that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part.....
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Around the Supper Table #111 – Standing up on My Watch
We have been visiting and delivering produce to families for over two years now, and some of the families have been there since day one. We’ve seen extraordinary things. We’ve seen God bless our family as well as others. God.....
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Around the Supper Table #110 – Growing Up with Brothers
A few years back, my brothers and I were helping Pa roof his house one summer. When we work together, we usually have at least one, if not ten conversations going. Well, I think this was the first time there.....
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Around the Supper Table #109 – Wheat and Tares
Good day, Friend. Hope this finds you in love with Jesus. There are times I ponder why Jesus used simple nature examples to prove a point. They start with, “. . . a man who sowed good seed in his field.....
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Around the Supper Table #108 – Conversations are Necessary
My husband and I dated in high school, then got married after seven and a half years of dating. When we were dating, he’d often tell me that he loved me, and I’d say, “I know,” with a confused look. .....
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Around the Supper Table #107 – Growing up White Trash
My mom had been working hard. Waking before dawn, driving the hour to work, spending all day there laboring before coming back to where we lived, so she splurged. She bought a brand-new Fender guitar and decided to take lessons......
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Around the Supper Table #106 – When I am Weak, Then I am Strong
Recently, my Pa told me something along the lines of, “I love to see you smile, but every once in a while, I just want to see you cry.” In one word, Pa was asking me to be vulnerable, which.....
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Around the Supper Table #105 – A Letter to My Dad
As many of you probably already know, I worked as a counselor for nearly eighteen years. The first seven years of my counseling career, I was in grad school. When I started grad school, I was quite cocky. In my.....
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