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Grace Notes

Something to crow about Nancy Kennedy One of my favorite YouTube videos shows a crow in Russia figuring out how to sled down a snowy rooftop on a jar lid. The bird places the lid on top of the roof, stands on it and slides down the slope — and then does it again! It…

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Today Can Be Different

What if we didn’t pray for our pastors?Sheryl Boldt What kind of impact does your pastor’s influence have on your church, your community, your family? On you? Sadly, many pastors are leaving their churches because they feel discouraged and sometimes unappreciated. Or they believe they’re inadequate because they’ve lost the ability to influence the hearts…

PeaceVoice

Preventing World War III Jerry Tetalman Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the major countries of the world have been aligning in two different blocs: NATO (which includes most European nations, the United States, and Canada), Japan, and South Korea, on one side, and Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and India on the other.Both blocs…

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Home Country

Slim Randles “I think it’s disgusting and weird and unnatural and it should be outlawed!” the tall cowboy said, coming to rest at the philosophy counter of the Mule Barn truck stop. “Aw Steve,” said Doc, “the coffee isn’t that bad.” “Coffee? Nay, I say unto you, Doc. It ain’t the coffee … it’s them…

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NURSE JUDY’S NOOK

Surrounded by Angels Judy Conlin With all the evil in the world, there is still a lot of love and caring. I am probably the luckiest old (Oh, I hate that word. Let’s start over).  I am probably the luckiest mature little lady in the world; I have lived here for 40 years but I…

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Grace Notes

A sanctuary on wheels Nancy Kennedy Recently I read about a group of city bus drivers — all Christians — who wanted to bring the peace of Christ to their passengers. They noticed many looked troubled. They asked a local pastor what they could do. He said, “Each morning before you start your route, walk…

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Today Can Be Different

Rediscovering our purpose in such a time as thisSheryl Boldt Remember how excited you were when you were seven years old and your birthday was only a week away? How you couldn’t wait for your big day?Do you remember dreaming about how great it would be to be an eight-year-old?Now, decades (for some of us,…

PeaceVoice

Who wants to end violence?Rivera Sun Charlie Kirk’s murder. School shootings in Minneapolis and Denver. Genocide in Gaza. Russia’s war in Ukraine. Violence is everywhere. It’s frightening and heartbreaking.No one likes violence. Do they?In truth, our culture sends out very mixed messages when it comes to violence. We glorify it in movies. We fantasize about…

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NURSE JUDY’S NOOK

A house dividedJudy Conlin I live in a house divided. No, it is not a political division. No, it isn’t a sports division. It’s a far more serious division because it involves everything in my life. It is the division between me and my always aggravating, argumentative and opinionated alter ego, Nurse Judy. If I’m…

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Grace Notes

This is who I amNancy Kennedy Prior to her execution in 2002, serial killer Aileen Wuornos admitted to murdering six men. Yet she insisted her crimes did not reflect her true character: “This is not who I am.”In September 2024, after Colt Gray was accused of killing two students and two teachers at a Georgia…

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