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By Myrna Kinney I’ve been doing quite a bit of reflection lately.  There’s been news happening worthy of commenting on and unfair activities going on it seems to me.  Friends I know are losing family members and other dear loved ones making me ask the reasoning behind what’s going on.  My own personal reflection is because I am coming up on whatContinue reading “Reflections on a Weed”

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 I have grown to appreciate the sights of winter. It took some time because for as long as I can remember, my mantra has been: “I hate winter!” In the winter of 2018, I started getting into myContinue reading “All Who Are weary”

Heading out to the bird feeder, I was feeling thankful for the path my great-nephew had made for me through the snow. He had seen my initial footprints around the yard to places I needed to reach, and he followed with a shovel or just his “big ‘ole feet” and made a more accessible way.Continue reading “Finding the Way”

When I see folks these days, I often get a question like, “What are you doing these days?” Or “Where have you been hiding?” I usually give some vague answer, “Oh, I’ve been doing stuff.” I’ve been birding. I’ve also been working on projects. I’m helping to teach a boy how to drive!🥴 I haveContinue reading “Where Have You Been?”

What’s in a name? More than anything else about us, it identifies us. I have never had my own name. As a child, I was known as my father’s daughter, with his name. I carried the name my parents gave me. When I married, I took my husband’s name, though I retained my father’s, too.Continue reading “What’s Your Name?”

Over a year ago, my mom came home from a gathering at a friend’s home greatly excited. On the road as they were driving to the party, Mom and her friends saw a bald eagle! I hopped up and said “Let’s go!” In retrospect, there was some “luck” involved with the fact that I wasContinue reading “Eagle Eyes”

The garden reminds me that every Spring, you get to start again. Even in an established garden, there are opportunities to try new things, plant new flowers, and start anew. Starting seeds and watching them sprout, grow and burst out in colorful displays brings me such joy. I was also reminded of new beginnings whenContinue reading “The Hope of New Beginnings”

Pastor Bart Smith uttered those profound words one Sunday morning after the church choir couldn’t quite get our entrance timed correctly with the accompaniment CD. We needed a re-do! So we just started over instead of trying to plow through when we were out of time with the music. I have thought about that phraseContinue reading “We’re Famous For Our Do-overs Around Here”

Judy Malone Deep in the heart and soul of every preacher is the desire to preach the “ultimate sermon”—a sermon so deep, so laden with spiritual truth, so profound that it reaches out and settles in the hearts and souls and minds of the hearers, making a radical change in the lives of the audience.Continue reading “Great Sermons and Daily Struggles”