“Why is there a skeleton in my body?” – Phoebe The thought of a scary skeleton inside her own body was too much for Phoebe. We tried to explain that bones hold us together and give our body structure. She looked at her arms as if she expected the bones to explode outward and get […]

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“I don’t like red, but I root for the chiefs.” – Phoebe, during the Chief’s collapse… 28 point lead in the third quarter… It has been twenty years since the Chiefs won a play-off game. I went into Saturday expecting the team to lose. I am from Kansas City – home of the Royals. I […]

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“You can’t cancel church” – Phoebe, still in her nightgown, this morning. Well, actually… We cancelled services this morning. With the snow on the roads and temperatures starting to drop (10 degrees right now, wind chills at -15) the deacons and I decided to cancel Sunday services. A few weeks ago we cancelled Sunday School, […]

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“Santa is just white… Jesus was a white man too.” – Megyn Kelly, Fox News Twenty-four Hour Cable News should cause all of us to pause – no matter your channel of preference – and ponder if news anchors have any idea what they are talking about. Not that anyone is purposely spouting lies, but […]

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The tree is up, I ate my morning cereal in a Christmas bowl, and the girls are playing with the Little People Nativity. It is strange to look around the house, prepared for Christmas, and remember God was born in a barn. That a teenager gave birth among animals and the world’s savior was laid […]

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