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Around the Supper Table
In this holiday season, as I pull out boxes and unpack ornaments, it’s a little like a time capsule. I remember the times over the years when I purchased the keepsakes—hopefully to remember something that seemed important like a trip,.....
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Around the Supper Table #126 – Children of the Tribe V-KNOW
In the last blog we talked about leadership in the family and the BE of the Be, Know, Do Model of Leadership. In this blog, I want to talk about the KNOW part of leadership. As a quick reminder, the.....
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Around the Supper Table #125 – Have a Blessed and Peaceful Thanksgiving
“O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.” Psalm 105:1 It is that time again when we as a family, tribe, and hopefully as a nation give thanks to the Lord. Everyone.....
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Around the Supper Table #124 – Making a Living or Learning to Live
Anyone else ever dread social events (1) because of the social expectations of minding your manners, and (2) because of the dreaded question, “So, what do you do for a living?” Since I was a child, I wanted to know.....
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Around the Supper Table #123 – Selling Salvation
It all began in grade school, when I would go to school the first day with my 8-crayon pack in my cigar box (Yes, I’m that old!), along with my big fat pencil, and my Big Chief tablet. Many other.....
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Around the Supper Table #122 – Children of the Tribe IV – BE a Good Member of Your Tribe
In our society we are bombarded with the idea that men and women are equal. It has gotten to the point that our society can’t even distinguish what a woman is. If you want to be one, you are one......
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Around the Supper Table #121 – A Calm Psalm
I like to turn to Psalm 100 in the morning. It is a true comfort to read, “For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endureth to all generations.” That is like a calming wave of warmth that.....
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Around the Supper Table #120 – Boast in my Infirmities
I’ve shared that I struggled with a good dose of anxiety and depression as a young adult. It is something I don’t discuss often, because I don’t like looking backwards, and it can be embarrassing. I am also terrified that.....
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Around the Supper Table #119 – Good Seed
Not too long ago I was picking black-eyed peas and discovered that some of what I was picking was not black-eyed peas at all. They were creamer peas. When ordering seed, we asked for black-eyes, but something must have gotten.....
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Around the Supper Table #118 – Go Ye into all the World
Recently, while finishing up dinner around the supper table, Pa asked us what our role was in the Kingdom? And then it progressed to who are we most like in the Bible? These were difficult questions for me to answer. .....
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