Resolute: having or showing a fixed, firm purpose; determined, resolved; unwavering; faithful Perhaps you are aware of the trend to choose a word for the new year. Recently I heard a spin on that trend. Some say there is a word we must remove from our vocabulary. What is that…
Read moreWe’ve begun a new year in the cold. To those of us who swelter most of the time, the cold weather is a brief, refreshing change. The cold allows the fruit trees to grow dormant and complete their cycles properly, it kills insects on the winter greens in the garden…
Read more12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these…
Read moreAnd in an instant, it seems, the old year is gone, and a new year has begun. A new year to start new projects or continue old ones. To set new goals or work on making old ones become reality. 2018 started out rather quietly for me. I’ve simply been…
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Most people think (if they stop to think about it) that slavery ended in 1865. Sadly, that is false. Human trafficking (aka modern day slavery) is the second largest and fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world. In 2014, by Presidential Proclamation, January was declared National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.…
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