“Wilcox’s analysis of the National Survey of Families and Households has found that Americans who attend religious services several times a month were about 35% less likely to divorce than those with no religious affiliation. Nominal conservative Protestants, on the other hand, were 20% more likely to divorce than religiously unaffiliated.” ~ USA Today Article […]

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“I for one welcome our new computer overlords.” ~ Ken Jennings The audience laughed when Watson answered “Toronto” to the final Jeopardy question; category US Cities. But in time Watson will grow more and more precise. And just as computers that once filled rooms are now in our cell phones, Watson will get smaller and […]

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“Oh and by the way…there’s a new snow storm coming on Wednesday night…thanks for the bible study.” ~ Tim Everly On Sunday I declared if snow continued to cancel our Wednesday night services’ it might be a sign from God. Since my new bible study has yet to meet. I was joking then, but now […]

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This, this is Christ the king. Whom Shepherds guard and angels sing… How ridiculous! In the twinkling of an eye a baby turns the world on its head. Those who are weak (poor shepherds) find themselves guards of the king, while the strong (blazing flying angels) are regulated to the choir singing – only Tamara […]

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Moving is a profound moment in life. A twenty-six foot truck sat in our driveway and amazingly it barely held all of our things. How had we accumulated so much stuff? And the situation did not get any better as my missionary brother talked about the affluence of owning a second coat. As if I […]

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