He is risen–After darkness had its say,on the third day the tomb’s stone door rolled away.Again Jesus walked, talked, touched, and ate.In awe, witnesses testified, “Death is not his fate!” He is risen–The once scared, fleeing disciple crewturned around realizing the prophecies were true.With a faith immensely greater than fear,they sacrificed it all tomake the […]
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The first one up is called the hare — a hot air balloon chosen to lead the pack in a yearly tradition known as The Great Forest Park Balloon Race. The race participants, affectionately called the hounds, rise to “chase” in pursuit. Three years ago, my husband and I happened to discover this hot air
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Spring is coming, and all living things are eager to proclaim it. The geese, back from their winter vacation, have assembled a small army at the pond where I walk. They squawk loud orders at each other and at anyone else trying to slip quietly by. Dogs, always happy to be released from the hold
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The first time I found him he was lying upside down on my front porch. His long, spindly legs bicycled through the open air in a concerted effort to turn over. “Hello my friend, what a predicament you are in,” I said to him. “Let’s see if together we can make things better.” Grasping him
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Each fall, the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds linger at my feeder a few weeks longer than I expect them to. Their visits to and from my deck occur at an increasingly frenetic pace as September rolls along. If two or more of these little winged spitfires cross paths, they chatter and chase each other waging an all
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