GUEST POST/Story from Don: The Burning Coals of The Broom Tree (part 2)

“THE BURNING COALS OF THE BROOM TREE” (Part 2)Psalm 120:4b Older children were trained to look for wood which burned hot and long.  A half-rotted log did not burn well.  Pine burned quickly and made a poor cook fire.  If one chose well he did not have to carry as much wood.  The one who chose well also curried …
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GUEST POST/Story from Don: The Burning Coals of The Broom Tree (part 1)

“THE BURNING COALS OF THE BROOM TREE” (Part 1)Psalm 120:4b The night air was chilly and damp.  Saduk wished for a warm campfire and a bit of tea with a biscuit.  But there’s a saying for that … and he didn’t have a horse either. What he had were a few coins and a ratty blanket across …
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GUEST POST from Don: Wind Chimes, part III

PART III:  WIND CHIMES (the positive side). As reported in Part I, as I age I have found that some things irritate this curmudgeon which didn’t when I was younger.  We talked about wind-chimes, crowds, and weights & measures.  In Part II we mentioned waiting, screaming children, wokism, local government irresponsibility, and political parties. “And Now for Something …
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GUEST POST from Don: Blessing

“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine upon you, And be gracious to you;  The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, And give you peace.”  Numbers 6:24-26 NKJV Re-read that blessing aloud and let it feed you. First, many people seem to downplay or ignore the importance of a spoken …
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GUEST POST from Don: Doing Faith Wrong

from Don: “Here’s one that is not exactly biographical…I was laying in bed thinking about a Bible study I was part of today…when it all came to me in a flash.  I had to get up and jot some notes.  Then I laid back down and was almost asleep when a brief hailstorm hit…and then I was …
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GUEST POST from David: Remembering The Internet

David is a friend of mine from way back. We met on the old usenet, way before google was a thing (let alone a thing that took over usenet), on soc.penpals. He lived in the UK at the time, we became pen-pal friends, and later, when I was going through a terrible time in my …
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GUEST POST from Don: The Dying Generation

…No one seems to want to claim to be part of “The Dying Generation” but it is clear that many younger adults consider that entrance to be at retirement or 60, whichever comes first.  It is a bias perhaps based on the false belief that a person’s worth is related to financial productivity…