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Around the Supper Table

I was in Walmart last week and was surprised to see all the Christmas decorations. I turned to Sarah, my wife, to see her reaction. She said, “What happened to Thanksgiving?” I replied, “I guess it’s gone.” I get a.....
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Around the Supper Table #168 – Commit and Trust
For whatever reason, I am a ‘prove it’ person. It doesn’t matter how small or simple the idea, I refuse to accept someone’s opinion or fact the first time I hear it, especially if they can’t present a well-informed defense......
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Around the Supper Table #167 – Call to Arms
I've spent the majority of my adult life dealing with trauma. As a counselor, it is just part of the job. Whether it is a soldier talking about losing his best friend or a young boy talking about losing his.....
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Around the Supper Table #166 – God’s Plan is Good
My 26-year-old son recently adopted four abandoned kittens. Orphaned animals aren’t that unusual on a farm, but it’s a little hard to see Joseph as a caretaker. Sometimes, he can barely remember to feed himself. But as crazy as that.....
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Around the Supper Table #165 – Prized Possession
I’m not much of a fairytale guy. I didn’t play Prince Charming with my daughter and rescue her from the evil witch, godmother, scary beast, or even read the fairytales to her. But there is a story that I read.....
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Around the Supper Table #164 – Joy in the Morning
As I entered into my young adult years, I struggled with various mental health problems as I left the comfort of the scripted world of formal education and entered the work force. As a result of much love and patience.....
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Around the Supper Table #163 – Because it is Mine
”And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.” - 2 Samuel 23:11.....
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Around the Supper Table #162 – What is Your Truth?
Ok confession time. I am an emotional, sinful, fallen person. Probably no shock to most of you. I like to think of myself as an intellectual void of emotion that only rationalizes through my problems, but just below that veneer.....
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Around the Supper Table #161 – God’s Pruning: Part 2
In last week’s blog, I wrote about the verse in John 15:1-2 where Jesus said that He is the Vine, and we are the branches. I made the point that all blackberry canes need to be cut back, so they.....
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Around the Supper Table #160 – God’s Pruning
In John 15:1-2 Jesus says, “I am the true Vine and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring.....
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