Category: Blog

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Beauty Will Save the World

After a week of cold, grey skies, never-ending drizzle, and a bout of rather surprising hail, this past weekend the sun came out, the temperatures

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One Thing

Somebody asked me a good question recently.  “When you listen to sermons or read sermons, if you see things that need improving, what is usually

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An Overland Trip

One historian described it as an expedition that seemed a “tedious march from one place to another made known to them by Indians and French

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People Who Dream

If I were to take a straw poll, I have a hunch most pastor friends of mine would prefer Good Friday to Easter, Advent to

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What is a Vote?

Midterm elections are well under way in the US. Since Michigan allows anyone to vote absentee, I’ve already fed my completed ballot into the friendly

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Rosalie Stayed Home

In her illustrious family, Rosalie couldn’t help but feel crowded out. I mean, her siblings were a “who’s who” of life among the Omaha in

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Holy Oaks

At Hotel Chequamegon, I pay the state rate, but ghosts stay for free. Off the lobby, the parlor faces north over Chequamegon Bay. A book-jacket

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Life’s Refrain

I have been absolutely wowed by the autumn colors this year. I know other years have been good, too, but for some reason, this year

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