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With the global pandemic, COVID-19, closing our borders and shutting down travel and trade, I have been trying to be deliberate about getting out and being in the sunshine. The other day, my husband and I and one of our sons, and our two dogs headed to the beach. Our stretch of beach is really…

In the 60s, it was “Love not War”; in the 70s, the Cold War, Space Race, debates over abortion, Earth Day and a mixture of “optimisim, pessimism and cynicism”. The theme of the 80s was global warming and HIV. In the 90s, it was political correctness. In the first decade of the new century, it…

Blonde hair and sparkling green-grey eyes. Dark curly hair and brown eyes so deep you cannot see the whole. Academic. Athletic. Hands that turn their work to gold. Champion of the underdog. Socially driven. Lover of justice. Master of conversation. Intuitive and tender. Two brothers. Raised in the same home by the same parents with…

If you are a parent, spouse, child or friend, chances are that there has been a time when you had something important to say but your audience was just not listening. As a mother, I try to communicate lessons to my children that will help them to grow and thrive. I want them to be…

Ezra 6:11 I decree that if anyone defies this edict, a beam is to be pulled from their house and they are to be impaled on it. Ouch!  That sounds like he means it!  King Darius was referring to his edict that the Temple of the Lord be rebuilt.  He was telling the people that…

na na na na na na nana na na na na na nana na na na na na nana na na na Think it through…do you recognise the tune?  Chirp with the hands, flap with the arms, wiggle with the behind and clap, clap, clap, clap.  Link arms, spin around and do it again, faster!…