When Too Much Is Not Enough

We’re downsizing, so last Saturday, we moved from our home of 30 years to return to the tiny apartment above our office where we lived when we first were married. In that 30 years, we collected a lot of stuff – much more than can fit into our (as the…

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So Will I

I’m dating myself here, but when I was a kid, I had picture books with clear plastic pages that lifted up to reveal another picture underneath – a picture that might depict a skeleton or cells or the blueprint of something for which the exterior image was on the plastic…

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Who are you listening to?

“AJ, COME HERE!!” My son AJ turned and put down the rake. Sweaty and tired from his backyard landscaping project, the last thing he expected was to hear our beloved neighbor across the street calling him so harshly. “There must be something wrong,” he thought. And there it was again.…

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Mission IS Possible

One Sunday morning in church a few years ago, our pastor prayed for the youth who are going on mission trips this summer, including my son and daughter who were going as youth leaders. As part of his message, our pastor shared that with the Lord, all things are possible.…

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A Change in Perpective Changes Everything

I was devastated. A fire on April 13, 2019 completely destroyed the Dunes boardwalk pavilion in Ocean Grove NJ. Nicknamed “God’s Square Mile,” Ocean Grove is a beautiful seaside town at the Jersey shore, and my favorite local vacation spot. The Dunes had just been rebuilt after the destruction from…

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