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“I’ll Have a Little More of Your Salt, Please”

by Sharon Patterson March 23, 2012
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“You are the salt of the earth…” —Matthew 5:13a Said the judge in his court at the end of the case To the Christian lawyer adjusting his papers in place: “The law has lost clarity in the land, It’s become weak, watered-down and bland. No one desires justice, just to win at any cost. No [...]

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The Few

by Philippa Smyth March 19, 2012
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The Few is a term famously used to describe the Allied airmen of the Royal Air Force who fought the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. It comes from a phrase in a speech given by Winston Churchill to Parliament in 1940. Many of these airmen went up in the air with a [...]

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The Crate

by Jessica Brown February 23, 2012
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For quite some time you have been walking blindfolded. All you know that is on the other side of the journey is a task for you to complete. You do not know what the task is, or what it entails, but it is something that to your knowledge can only be done by you. Suddenly, [...]

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Who Am I?

by Jan Lutz February 21, 2012
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Some say that I am an accident unwanted a mass of tissue a mistake a product of conception a non-person a potential human being I AM A CHILD IN THE WOMB Others say that I am a blessing a gift of God an answer to prayer a welcome addition to their family part of God’s [...]

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Wisdom from the Rear View Mirror—Wisdom That Works (Part 2)

by Sharon Patterson May 10, 2011

Note: This article is an excerpt from a book in progress by Sharon L. Patterson. From Part 1: For the next several pages, I will take you on a journey of wisdom gathering that is 63 years long. Hopefully, a few years still remain in the front window view. I’ll have to come back in [...]

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Wisdom from the Rear View Mirror—Wisdom That Works

by Sharon Patterson March 1, 2011
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Introduction The aches and pains of this last year are prime witnesses to what my birthday has declared … I am older. Yep, there is only one more category of age I get to select when filling out forms—”elderly”. So, for now I will be gratefully ensconced where I am. I have arrived here legally [...]

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It’s Just the Way It Is

by Sharon Patterson January 8, 2011
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The latest rendition of me Is shorter, fuller, and older than I used to be It’s just the way it is. My hair is thinning, Weight is winning, It’s just the way it is. Gone are the days of cute, taut, and tight When calories and cholesterol were never a fight. It’s just the way [...]

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Enjoying the Season You’re In

by Deborah Young November 19, 2010
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Recently I passed by a house already decorated for Christmas. While I too love Christmas, I found it sad that bright reds and greens of Christmas were invading the fantastic colors of fall. You see, fall is one of my favorite seasons with its crisp air, pumpkin pies and the colors, orange, yellow, red and [...]

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When Faith Falls Down and Gets Back Up Again

by Sharon Patterson November 17, 2010
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It happens to all of us who call ourselves Christ followers: something unexpected hits us behind the knees, causing our faith to fall down. Perhaps it is a betrayal of the most hurtful kind that renders you weak-kneed. Maybe it is the untimely loss of someone you love that catapults you from a mountain peak [...]

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From Woe to Wow: When God Redeems Our Adversity

by Sharon Patterson September 5, 2010
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You have just signed off Facebook with a long lost acquaintance from high school days. She exuberantly filled you in on all the wonderful things that have happened in her incredible happier-than-imaginable twenty-five year marriage. Her three children, two of whom were Rhodes scholars at Yale and Princeton, have already been accepted to top-level entry [...]

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The Tipping Point

by Philippa Smyth September 5, 2010
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Tipping point: The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences. Hstory is full of stories of ordinary people leading extraordinary lives as they stepped up to be change agents and shape their times. Churchill rallied a nation against Hitler. Martin Luther King had a dream that brought segregation to [...]

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