CHRISTMAS ON BLURRY MOUNTAIN (4 of 4 – final) After the festivities, Mr Hughes banked the fire and everyone got ready for sleep. Mike took a moment to speak to Sarah. “You have such a giving family. I am privileged to be part of this. At my house is a plastic tree with little electric lights and lots of …
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GUEST POST from Don – GUEST POST from Don – Christmas on Blurry Mountain (part 3 of 4)
CHRISTMAS ON BLURRY MOUNTAIN (3 of 4) Ma invited Pa to the table after he removed his boots and set them where the snow could melt. After breakfast he and John Michael loaded firewood into the wagon along with some shovels and some other materials, then hitched a horse to it and drove to where …
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GUEST POST from Don – GUEST POST from Don – Christmas on Blurry Mountain (part 2 of 4)
CHRISTMAS ON BLURRY MOUNTAIN (2 of 4) Sarah Hughes, being 15 and attractive, was the belle of the valley with a suddenness that made other teen girls anxious. Susan had been her best friend last year, but when Susan’s boyfriend took an interest in Sarah, she acted rude and put-offish. Sarah was not expecting that, but she appreciated …
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GUEST POST from Don – Christmas on Blurry Mountain (part 1 of 4)
CHRISTMAS ON BLURRY MOUNTAIN (1 of 4) [Following is almost a love story (in more ways than one) and would be appropriate to read aloud to your children or grandchildren. Driving home from Western North Carolina a month ago on a heavily overcast day the Smoky Mountains did not look smoky, but blurry. We thought it would make …
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GUEST POST from Don – Good Shame
SHAME IS “GOOD” I am speaking of ethics, not false shame (shame caused by an abusive partner, for example). We are living in a society which knows no shame. That’s too bad. We should become red-faced about some things. When we tell a lie and are caught, we should feel shame. But that’s not quite enough! We should realize …
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GUEST POST from Don: Women in Church Leadership (pt 3 of 3)
WOMEN in CHURCH LEADERSHIP? (Part 3 of 3) BE SILENT “Women should remain silent…” Strangely, the same word is used in the paragraphs just before and after this one. This isn’t the only reference to “be silent” in 1 Corinthians 14. In verse 28 he is referring to the speaking in tongues. He says “If there is no interpreter, the …
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GUEST POST from Don – BUYING USED (Pest Control) +
BUYING USED (Pest Control) + Baby bottles? I don’t know. Some say “Don’t buy used.” Prepare to be grossed out … 1. BASKETS. Be careful. I was hired once at a nice middle class home, where the owner had scores of baskets as décor. There was a problem. Several baskets were infested with bamboo powder post beetles. As a result, her wood floors and …
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GUEST POST from Don – Women In Church Leadership? (part 2 of 3)
WOMEN in CHURCH LEADERSHIP? (Part 2 of 3) Last time we finished looking at the treatment of women in the New Testament. Now we look to the Old Testament … Old Testament. From Moses until the end of the Old Testament, only a limited number of Israelites were permitted inside the Holy Place and the Holy of …
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GUEST POST from Don – Buttered Toast +
BUTTERED TOAST (+) It happened this morning. Toast fell off the plate to the floor. It landed buttered side down (of course). Some think this is the natural and normal way of the world. Buttered toast always lands that way. It surprised me to find that this phenomenon has incurred many “professional” studies. Professionals have that much extra time? I went …
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GUEST POST from Don – Women in Church Leadership? (part 1 of 3)
WOMEN in CHURCH LEADERSHIP? (Part 1 of 3) Forward: As promised, I started writing this a few weeks ago. I’m not a theologian or a Bible scholar. However, I do trust the Bible to tell the truth. Archeologists find confirmation every year of biblical events written in the Bible…things they previously doubted as fables or myths; and they have yet …
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