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California fire season is usually in September and October. But 2020’s fires started early, with about 400 wildfires and 5700 “incidents” (https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/) in the past week. Don and I have kept in close touch with […]
Read PostIn Finding Hope: Steps toward Racial Reconciliation, Pastor Hurmon Hamilton taught from the story of Lazarus in John chapter 11. Three keys he mentioned from this story were: Listen graciously. So often we listen while […]
Read PostIn researching Mennonite history for a novel I’m writing, I found the story of a whole village that escaped Russia through Siberia and over the Amur River to China, from where they went to Canada, […]
Read PostWe knew there was an accident on the freeway. Highway 17 is a very curvy road over the mountain between San Jose and Santa Cruz. But the radio announcer had said it was about a […]
Read PostRecently I mentioned starting a “gratitude journal.” It’s been two weeks now, and I looked back today to see some of the items I noted. I’ve dealt with insomnia for at least a year. I’ve […]
Read PostLying in bed a few years ago, I thought of the people who would travel with us on a much-anticipated trip the following day. One woman had offended me on a prior trip. I thought […]
Read PostI walked into the garden section of a popular hardware store near us and looked for tomato plants. I found them–tiny wisps of leaves. I asked “Aren’t there any bigger than this?” But no, that’s […]
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I took my Sunflower Butter and raspberries to the checkout counter, where a tall, lovely African-American woman greeted me with a big smile. We chatted for a minute and I said something to which she […]
Read PostI recall a time when one of my staff members (let’s call her Betty) tried to stab me in the back in any way she could. She didn’t like it that I actually expected her […]
Read PostHappy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there – and especially to mine in heaven, John Froese. I love you Dad! So in this video Dad’s grandson, Drew Froese, starts a conversation with his […]
Read PostLet us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds…”