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Daily Scripture And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My journey through life has lasted 130 years. The days of my life have been few and hard. I did not live as long as my fathers did through their pilgrimage through life.” Genesis 47:9 Having birthdays never gets old. Just ask Jacob who complains to Pharaoh of…

Six days, six doctors. That’s what Aunt Beryl’s life has become. She’s an old lady but don’t ever let her hear you say it. She’s fighting the clock and hanging on to every dribble of life lubricating estrogen. Her eighty-seventh birthday was last week. She wore stilettos. They weren’t Carrie Bradshaw tall, but still, Beryl…

Lori and Alice discuss the importance of simplicity in daily life as they share quotations from the lovely novel “The Country of Old Firs” by Sarah Orne Jewett set in nineteenth century Maine. LISTEN NOW!  

Daily Quote “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you greater than any obstacle.” – Christian Larson

Daily Joke A man was wheeling himself frantically down the hall of the hospital in his wheelchair, just before his operation. A nurse stopped him and asked, “What’s the matter?” He said, “I heard the nurse say, ‘It’s a very simple operation, don’t worry, I’m sure it will be all right.'” “She was just trying…

Featured Video For all the searchers out there, here is “You Found Me” by the Fray. In this deeply moving ballad, it starts out with the declaration, “I found God.” It doesn’t take long for The Fray to set the scene, and to tell us, “Lost and insecure, You found me, You found me.” Searchers…

Daily Prayer Tonight, I am full of uncertainties: rushing water, rocks and loosened stones. Above me, stars reach connecting pieces of my scattered life, forming constellations of doubt. But when all is quiet, I hear the creek pulsing outside my window. Your presence is there. Itís pushing, persevering through broken waters, even after a day…

Daily Scripture “May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.” Ruth 1:9 Defying all mother-in-law jokes, scripture from the Book of Ruth; 1:9, is about a grieving woman who tells her widowed daughter-in-laws to re-marry.  Naomi understood that even through the deepest grief, God wants us…

Her Dad remarried three years after Mom died. It was painful all around. Her parents had a storybook love affair. Mom was perfect, his new wife is not. When #2 came into their lives, they were sad, hurt, and completely bewildered. What did Dad see in this polar opposite of their sainted mother? Still, it…

Daily Quote “The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” – William James
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