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Phases
Children go through phases. There's the temper tantrum throwing phase, the lying phase, the I hate baths phase. I remember a time when my eldest son would run away whenever we told him it was time to...
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How Women Should Act
I don't know what you've heard about women, the ways that people try to define you, typify you, explain you, exalt you, venerate you, control or dissimilate from you. I don't know what molds have been...
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When the King Dies
More often than naught, when a commander or king falls in battle, the courage of his troops falters, and the battle is lost.When the Israelites heard that King Saul and his sons had died in battle...
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Comstock Chronicles: Birthday Shenanigans
We celebrated Lee's Birthday with a family party on Sunday, but his actual birthday was yesterday, Monday. What to do? What to do? It was a big blank day with nothing planned. The big kids were off on...
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How Following Jesus Doesn't Overload the Schedule
Following Jesus doesn't necessarily mean adding more things to your already busy schedule. It's not like a hobby that you squeeze in somewhere. It's also not like an 8-5 job that takes up most of your...
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Comstock Chronicles: Cleaning the Sheets
It was a tiresome day. Maybe because I woke up at 5:45 to take an exercise walk, and I was still sore from a hike in the hills yesterday. Maybe because it's laundry day and for whatever reason, all...
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Why A Holy Man's Death Matters
"This is my body which is given for you," Jesus said as he broke bread at the passover feast. "This is my blood that is poured out for you," and then he passed around the wine cup.Shortly after that,...
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Evolving Love
If what's required of me in every relationship can be put on a check list and completed, then I can check off those boxes and no one can say I fell short? I don't need to wonder what to do in each...
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Isaiah 44:9-22 The Social Media Version
Isaiah 44:9-22 The Social Media Version9 All who live to obtain "likes" and "views" are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who live to be entertained are...
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Dead Plants in the Background
I began to garden in earnest after watching the BBC's Gardener's World. During COVID, the program had viewers send in video tours of their gardens. These tours were a great encouragement to me because...
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How Rest Exposed the Inner Critic
Three days, two nights on a camping tripput space between me and my inner critic,that voice that spoils all the good stuffby showing me how it’s never enough. She spoils sleep by saying I should...
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Comstock Chronicles: A Bag of Manure
I had just picked up my children from school and was rounding the corner to head back home, when I saw a bag of unopened garden soil sitting on the side of the road. People in Uptown Whittier...
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Window Washing Baptized
If the shepherd knows him as the gate for the sheep,and the mason knows him as the stone for the corner;if the baker, then learns of that kingdom through yeast,and the farmer, too learns through the...
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Sunday Morning Singing
Sunday morning singing after six days of work:Holy, Holy, Holy; What a Friend We Have in Jesus;We stand and chorus words we only halfway comprehendwith folks we may or may not know, admire, or...
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Middle School Lesson on Gossip
(Delivered at Granada Heights Friends Church May 5, 2023 to the Middle School Group.)QUESTION: What is gossip?QUESTION: Why is it bad? What makes it wrong?Let me give you some examples and you tell me...
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Recognizing the Voice of the Holy Spirit (Middle School Lesson)
(As Taught to the Middle School Group at Granada Heights Friends Church in March 2023)This week we’re going to talk about how to hear the Holy Spirit. How can we tell if the feelings or voices inside...
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Comstock Chronicles: The Broken Fruit Cup
Had one of those moments where I'm pretty sure that what I'm telling the children is advice I could take to heart too. They were having a ball outside in the front yard playing rope-tag with Phil. This...
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The Waiting Room
Welcome to the waiting room. The doctor is in and his operations are in process. As soon as you can pry your hands off the chair in front of you or from around your neighbor's neck, feel free to enter...
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Who Should Fear ChatGPT?
You have reason to fear ChatGPT if you have been living your life like a human robot. If you wake up, dress, eat, work, shop, converse, and sleep, day after day in monotonous succession without...
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The Tale of Two Warriors
They'd heard rumors that a longship was sailing south along the shore, and they'd heard it might land near their village of Molore. They'd heard it carried a small band of robbers looking for homes...
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How the Roses Lost Their Petals
Petals are scattered across the grassFrom yesterday's child's play,Like white confetti beneath the bushesIcebergs bloomed in May.This was no wedding that took placeBetween brother, sister, or dolls.No,...
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Where Artists Get Their Ideas
It seems to me that it is the same with all artists and craftsmen, inventors and cooks. They are inspired by the smell of basil, a lovely song someone shared, the sight of a sparrow in the garden,...
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Church History Observations
I've been reading Church History in Plain Language by Bruce L. Shelley, and learning all sort of interesting things. One of those things is that Church history isn't necessarily the same thing as...
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Moving My Blog
Hey! I'm moving my blog over to a new site. Click here for access. Abby's Alley New WebsiteThis new website allows for easier subscription and sharing.
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12 Months of Trees in Whittier
January: Saucer Magnolia, soulangeana. This tree is my all time favorite. Perhaps because January is my birthday month. These trees bloom all month long as soon as the first wave of heat hits...
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