This past week I have been, quite literally, voiceless. A bad case of tonsillitis left me with little more than a whisper.  It’s been a very quiet week.  Today I still don’t have my voice back but I’m feeling just a bit better and I started to notice the changes in my behavior.  I realized  I’ve been stepping back. I... >Read More

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Story told by Jeff Yellow Owl, written by Patty Duncan In 1923 the government took my grandmother from her parents and put her in a boarding school to immerse her in the white man’s culture. She remembers bumping along in a wagon, watching her home and family disappear in the rolling hills of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in...... >Read More

Tags: becoming a christian, faith, faith & spirituality, family issues.life, family values, growing in your faith, hardship & suffering, Jesus, Native American Indian, Patty Duncan

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One of humanity's quirks is that people actually like to be scared. At least, pretend scared. Kids (and often adults) dress up as ghouls, ghosts, pirates, and their favorite costumed superheros and villains and run around from house to house shouting "Trick of Treat!" and demanding candy. I've always thought Halloween is one of the weirdest holidays:...... >Read More

Tags: becoming a christian, death, faith, faith & spirituality, Halloween, LIFE, life after death, spiritual growth

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When I think of Christmas, I often think of something that happened during my school-teaching days. The school I taught in was very old. It had fourteen-foot ceilings and huge windows. The kids who attended this ghetto school were tough, and they were extremely poor. Maybe that’s how they got to be so tough. Determined to make it special Christmas...... >Read More

Tags: becoming a christian, Christmas, Culture, faith & spirituality, family values, John William Smith, Men, priorities, purpose, school, teens, Women

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