fingers for prayer

22Aug08

Each of her fingers stood for someone. Her thumb was nearest to her, and it reminded her to pray for those who were nearest and closest and dearest to her.

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how blessed

12Jun08

Philippians 1:3-4
(KJV)
I thank God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy
(NIV)
I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
Someone who cares for me sent me this passage recently. It does great [...]

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valentinus

14Feb08

Happy Valentine’s Day. Everyone seems to be saying that today.
I must be a melancholy sort, because I immediately think of the reasons why we celebrate Valentines like we do. In historic western culture, Valentine’s Day was a day to remember several martyrs from the early Christian church named Valentine (or a derivative thereof). Apparently it [...]

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weekend fun

29Oct07

When you have a friend that works for a local construction company, once in a while you get a heads up on fun stuff that is happening on projects around town.
Here they are removing a tower crane from a building project that is on the main street downtown. Not the highest crane in the city, [...]

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