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Give Jesus Your Burden
This morning in church we sang “Cast thy burden upon the Lord” as a Call to Prayer. Here are the words: Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he never will suffer the righteous to fall: … Continue reading
1 Thessalonians 4 — LIVING TO PLEASE GOD
Today in our weekly Wrestling with Truth Adult Bible Fellowship, we considered 1 Thessalonians 4. Here we find Paul moving from doctrine to ethics. In the first two verses, he emphasizes that living to please God is a dynamic and … Continue reading
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Tagged confidence, hillside laughter, Jesus rose, life, living, quiet
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Christmas in New England
Here are some anecdotes from my friend and colleague of yesteryear, Dr. David Heughins, who now makes his home in Connecticut. I am sure you will find things with which to identify. In our days of many toys and much … Continue reading
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God, the Gardener
God, the Gardener October 8, 2014 Joyce Louise Thomas The beauty of God’s creation gives me a lot of joy. But while I absolutely love the springtime, I used to dread fall, because it meant that winter was not too … Continue reading
A Listening Faith
Our daily Quiet Time is an opportunity to actively evaluate and reconstruct our worldview. The society we live in says either there is no God or God really has little or nothing to do with the daily outcomes of life. … Continue reading
Joyce’s Garden June 2014
Here are some of the recent developments in Joyce’s Garden . . . including oak-leaf hydrangea, lilies, clematis, pansies, iris, ivy, swing, as well as general views.
Re-gardening
The winter was hard for Kentucky and for us and we lost several bushes — among them two large knock-out roses and a cherry laurel. So . . . with the final arrival of spring, it was time for re-gardening … Continue reading
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Tagged digging, Garden, garden regardening, new bushes, peony, raking, Spring, work
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In what stage are you?
William Shakespeare wrote the classic statement on stages. It is worth revisiting at: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/all-the-world-s-a-stage/ Recently I have been reminded of Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages (http://psychology.about.com/library/bl_psychosocial_summary.htm). Actually, I have not thought of them much in recent years. When I taught psychology … Continue reading
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Tagged age, despair, erikson, generativity, Hope, old age, shakespeare, stages, wisdom
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