For Mother’s Day we created a butterfly garden for Meg. Tiny milkweed plants and hand painted butterflies. The plants grew and bloomed. Monarches arrived. Caterpillars hatched and ate and ate (we gave some to Ezekiel’s second grade class). And now we have 8 chrysalises hanging from our deck and house (make that seven… Appa ate […]

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“Do you do that EVERY day?” Ezekiel asked as he hopped onto the bed I was making. Yep. Now Move. “Why? (not moving) You are just going to mess it up! What a waste of life!” I looked at the bed and realized, he is right. I am just going to get back in and […]

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“They were there with love in their heart.” My first reaction was to disagree (disgustedly). But then I realized the statement is true… if you have a different definition of love. Many live by the adage: love your neighbor, hate your enemy. This allows love and hate to exist simultaneously in a heart. You can […]

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Hebrews has a few difficult passages. I first took time to address Hebrews 6, now in chapter 10, verse 26 may also cause concern: “If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of […]

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“It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened… to be brought back to repentance.” Hebrews 6 is one of the most difficult passages in all of scripture. As our church reads through the book, lets take a moment to examine these verses. Theme of Hebrews: Hebrews’ author is unknown, but the title reveals […]

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