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Tangible Love

by Jessica Brown February 3, 2011
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I don’t think I will ever forget the day when I thought touching incense was an intelligent thing to do. I don’t remember how old I was, but I do remember staring at that flaming orange light dancing before me was more than just that. It was begging for me to touch it as though [...]

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A Grandmother By Any Other Name

by Karen Robbins September 8, 2010
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This time of year there is a wildflower that blooms around our area and on my morning walk I noticed a field that was peppered with them. I’ve tried to find out the correct name for them but haven’t hit upon it yet in my search. My aunt called them blue bachelor buttons. They resemble [...]

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Broken Vows That Heaven Allows (A tribute to Sandra Day O’Connor)

by Mariane Holbrook May 7, 2010
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No longer he rises to greet her as wife Though they have been married for most of her life. She longs to embrace him and say, “I love you.” But who is this stranger? He has not a clue. For years he’s regressed to the state he’s now in; She tries to remember, “When did [...]

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Live-Love-Learn

by Kristine McGuire February 5, 2010
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There are three words I try to remember as I walk through this world day by day. Three principles which I want to inform my decisions and attitudes throughout each day. Live Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether [...]

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Brotherly Love

by Christine Prueher February 4, 2010
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He would lay there and burp non-stop. No matter how much pleading and asking him to leave, he wouldn’t. It occurred at an early age of eight, that my older brother Bob, who is six years my senior, did not care about my feelings. While I dared not step one toe over the threshold of [...]

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Love Poems

by Sharon Patterson February 24, 2009
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You and I … Flowers and Logic You think I am too flowery… Perhaps that is so. But that is the expression Of my inner heart Longing to awaken Some untouched string Of your love. I think You are too logical… Perhaps that is not so. For… From where comes This strong enduring embrace That [...]

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A Letter from My Love

by Jan Lutz February 10, 2009
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My Lover has written me a letter Which I read over and over He writes of His passionate longing For us to be together forever I have stolen my Lover’s heart With but one glance of my eyes. He has spread for me a banquet And His banner over me is love. My Lover is [...]

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The Touch of God

by Eileen Hershberger February 17, 2008

The dawn of each day brings no relief. The heart feels alone and sad. God is a million miles away and prayers only reach the ceiling. Have you ever felt this way? I went through a dry spell last fall, where I felt so alone and convinced there was no one who would understand how [...]

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Have You Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’?

by Nancy C. Anderson October 19, 2007
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My husband and I met on a lovely autumn day in 1976. I was a tall, thin, twenty-year-old college girl wearing a short denim skirt and a perky Dorothy Hamill haircut. As I sat on a park bench reading a Groucho Marx autobiography, Ron walked by. He took one look at me and felt his [...]

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Wife-Speak Demystified

by Nancy C. Anderson August 20, 2007

After twenty-eight years of marriage, I’ve discovered some of the secret passageways between women’s words and men’s ears. The following four communication techniques have helped my husband and I understand each other—demystifying some of our differences. 1. Allow Room for Venting I tend to think aloud. I use my words to help me sort out [...]

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Who Do You Love the Most?

by Mariane Holbrook June 25, 2007

Most Christians do not have fellowship WITH God; they have fellowship with other Christians ABOUT God. Reading these words, I bowed my head and wept at the stark realization that I had neglected my Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. Completely consumed by others, I had ignored the Lover of my Soul. How many times a [...]

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