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Cheerfulness Breaks In

Posted in Homemaking, tagged , on March 31, 2009 | 20 Comments »

“Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.”  –Joseph Addison
Little things make me happy. I call them “joy blips” because these are just the little [...]

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Lenten Canticle

Posted in Faith, tagged , , , on March 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »

These words can be sung every day of our lives as Christians, but our church sings this in the weeks leading up to Easter as we contemplate anew the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
On my heart imprint Thine image,
Blessèd Jesus, King of Grace,
That life’s riches, cares and pleasures
Have no power Thee to [...]

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Winning a Lady’s Heart

Posted in Family, tagged , , , on March 23, 2009 | 15 Comments »

A few months ago, I wrote about ways that wives can bless their husbands. The post got a good response from readers, and I hope some time to also do a radio program on the same theme. On a related topic, I want to address ways that a man can win a woman’s heart. I’m [...]

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A Little Prayer

Posted in Music on March 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Anyone who thinks that percussion is just banging on drums is missing out.  This lovely piece, “A Little Prayer”, is written for marimba and is joined in this performance by a harpist. I really love the combination.

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Random Thoughts on a Spring Day

Posted in Encouragement, Faith on March 17, 2009 | 9 Comments »

It is supposed to be over 70 degrees today. For Wisconsin, that is definitely not the norm. The skies are cloudless blue, however, and spring fever is in the air. Will and I are headed for the park this afternoon to meet a friend of his so they can run off some steam in the [...]

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The Blessing of Work

Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Family, tagged on March 12, 2009 | 10 Comments »

Will has just memorized this poem for school. The other day he recited it for me, and I then put it out of my mind.
Let me but do my work from day to day,
In field or forest, at the desk or loom,
In roaring market-place or tranquil room;
Let me but find it in my heart to [...]

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Dealing With Toxic People

Posted in Christian Living, tagged on March 5, 2009 | 32 Comments »

For some reason I will never fully understand, I have had more experience with toxic people than most. Let me explain what I mean by “toxic.” We all have our sinful traits that we have to wrestle with, seek forgiveness for and continually try to eliminate in our lives. By toxic people, I refer to [...]

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A Salute to March

Posted in Poetry, tagged , , on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

There is a poem by Wordsworth that is much quoted because it is much loved. I had one of my sons learn it when he was a young home school student, and he wrote it in nice script in his poetry journal along with a pencil sketch of a daffodil. A few months later, he [...]

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