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Author: Fred D

  • Jeremy’s Egg

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    Tomorrow is Easter. As done on previous Easter eves, here once again is one my favorite true stories. May it encourage you as together we rejoice remembering . . . “Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.”—Clarence W. Hall Over the years I’ve listened to many excellent presentations…

  • Midnight Deck Party

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    I was just about to call it a day and turn in last night when Ellen said, “Quiet . . . I hear something outside on the deck.” My wife’s hearing exceeds that of the Secret Service’s most technologically sophisticated listening devices. Without my hearing aids I’m borderline deaf, and often don’t wear them. This…

  • Easter – Pay It Forward

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    “Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies.” Kate McGahan. Easter is this ole ragamuffin’s most beloved holiday. Recently I was both humbled and convicted reading a historical account where Easter’s resurrection message was acknowledged and fearlessly declared in the face of adversity and certain punishment. Inspired by Marxist doctrine, Russia’s…

  • Snappy

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    Today’s 89-degree record temperature woke Snappy from his long winter slumber. I found him wandering across the road . . . without looking both ways . . . and gave him a lift home. Snapper soup with a dash of sherry is premium cuisine. We’d already ‘shelled out’ for a turkey to serve at Easter…

  • Three Questions

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    In our sadly divided nation, I strive not to risk sparking gut-level political controversy. However, this picture has haunted my dreams since the horrific, unimaginable tragedy at Nashville Covenant School in Nashville, TN three days ago: Here’s another picture from that tragic day.  I respectfully ask you consider both pictures, and ask yourself three questions:…

  • News vs. Nature

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    This evening we visited a friend who has a home on Tennessee River. Instead of watching the network evening news, we tuned in the local nature documentary on ABC . . . Abba’s Beauty Channel . . . commercial free😊 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” Psalm 119:1…

  • Sleepless ‘Miracle’ Teacher

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    Memory often begins to fade with age. However, mine seems to have remarkably shifted into reverse. The recent road trip my wife and I took has delightfully rejuvenated memories in ways that has me contemplating returning to college to pursue a PhD in astrophysics . . . justifying some who claim I’m ‘spaced out’😊 I…

  • It was there . . .

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    The view in life’s rear-view mirror is much clearer than through my front windshield . . . all fogged-up, cracked-up, and mucked-up from wrong-turn crashes. To blame it on my spontaneous, ADHD, pedal-to-the metal, chaotic journey along life’s highway would be a convenient cop-out, but . . . I knew better! As Grandma often chided…

  • The White of Spring

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    Technically, white is the absence of color. Symbolically, white represents an ethereal purity, innocence, simplicity, clarity, cleanliness, goodness, hope, perfection, rebirth. White inspires emotional peace, restoration, and healing. Bride’s dress in it, and its brilliance adorns Christ’s robes. The white of snow’s fading grip blanketing Appalachian heights graced my wife on our recent 2,263 miles…

  • Road Trip

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    Road trips are fodder for unforeseen adventure and blessings. Thus far, our current one has traversed nearly 2,000 miles through eight states. It has been laden with a variety of unexpected adventures and blessings that have God’s fingerprints all over them. Here’s snippets of some that have been ours to experience along the journey. Memorial…