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Meaningful Days

by Carol Loewen
I looked out the back window as our car pulled into the Fresno parking lot Saturday after a three-hour drive. A lovely, white-haired woman in a striking blue outfit walked toward t...
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by Carol Loewen
All Nations, Tribes, People, and Languages Don and I had the privilege this morning of watching a daughter in the faith baptized, a public confession of her faith in Jesus Christ. ...
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He Calls Us by Name

by Carol Loewen
A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. John 14:19 There will be many posts about Easter this we...
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Mom Was Not There

by Carol Loewen
Last week I was concerned about how our small interment service for my mother would turn out, with a positive Covid test within the family, and possible concerns about being togeth...
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When Plans Change …

by Carol Loewen
This is not what we planned. I was in Marshall’s, looking for a basket to hold the urn with my mother’s ashes, when my sister-in-law told me her daughter had tested pos...
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Spring Joy

by Carol Loewen
Blossoming white, deep rose, and pink trees dot the carpet of green grass and fountains as we enter our housing area. Today a pair of mating ducks crossed the street (yes, of cours...
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by Carol Loewen
Our dear friends, Fritz and Frank Buschman, drove up in front of our hotel. Fritz jumped out of the drivers’ seat and grabbed me in a wonderful, embracing hug. These dear fri...
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Hope in the Darkness

by Carol Loewen
Kiev is a beautiful city. As Mom and I traveled up the Dnieper (Dnipr) River from Odessa in 2006, we saw rolling green hills, watched sheep and cattle graze, admired lovely summer ...
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Yes? No? Wait?

by Carol Loewen
Most of us have seen the news: seventeen missionaries, serving Christ in Haiti, abducted. Among them are two teenagers and children aged eight months, three and six years. The miss...
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The Grand Puzzle Master

by Carol Loewen
Swirls of red and white. No specific pattern. Does this piece fit here? There? Turn it around. Nope, still didn’t fit. During these 16+ months of isolation, I purchased sever...
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