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How Do You View Jesus?
When my youngest grandson had his first encounter with Santa Claus recently, he seemed totally unfazed by the event. He had a rather calm and unimpressed look on his face as Santa held him for a photo op with his brothers. Of course, that isn’t always the case when it comes to children’s reactions to…
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Keep in Mind the Final Score
On the day of a big rivalry football game last weekend, I found myself on the opposite side from much of my family. So when the team many of my children and grandchildren was supporting jumped out into the lead, I was included in a group text that showed a screenshot of the score. I…
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Gratitude Should Lead to Giving
Now that Thanksgiving Day is past, have you started focusing more intently on Christmas shopping? Black Friday isn’t quite what it used to be due to the popularity of online purchasing, the decline of shopping malls, and the way stores extend their advertised discounts throughout the season. However, that day after Thanksgiving still tends to…
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Too Many Blessings to Count
As I took a walk through our neighborhood, I approached one stretch of the roadway thickly overrun with leaves from a nearby tree. If I hadn’t veered off from my route near the edge of the curb, I would have had to wade through an ankle-deep pool of those familiar multicolored symbols of the autumn…
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God’s Standards Haven’t Changed
During a recent visit with us, a longtime friend who is an experienced seamstress was going to do some alterations on some of my wife’s apparel. When she requested a tape measure, I was informed that she didn’t need the retractable type I had in my tool box. Instead my wife found the more flexible…
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Tony Elder, Author/Pastor 