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When is Fall Coming to Georgia?
No one can appreciate fall better than a Georgian. O.K., maybe some of the other southern states…but I doubt it…though Charleston, SC, Montgomery, AL, and New Orleans, LA, are in the running. Georgia...
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Can Society Change?
If the recent elections proved anything, they showed this country has moved to secularism. Why that’s true is a subject for another day. Veteran’s Day reminded me of one way our society has improved....
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Remember the Cook this Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving crept up on me this year. I think it’s because I don’t shop as much and didn’t see the Christmas displays to remind me of the upcoming holidays. Fortunately, I haven’t missed it. Like most...
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A Cedar Christmas
Something different puts me in the Christmas Spirit each year. Sometimes it’s an old movie, sometimes a new book. Other times the flavors of food not eaten for a whole year will do it. This year it...
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The Six Senses of Christmas
If God hadn’t given us the five senses, we wouldn’t know that anything exists. Never mind that we wouldn’t know He exists. We wouldn’t know we exist. The closest a person comes to that state is called...
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Bringing Young Women Back to Church
The church is losing young women at a time when the culture is leading them into depravity and despair. The fault can be laid at the churches who are so focused on New Testament Church teachings about...
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More humor, please.
One of the things that makes people in life, and characters in a story, likeable is self-depreciating humor. It’s a lost art. I think of Rodney Dangerfield or Phylis Diller. Those comics gave us a...
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If You Want to Accomplish Something Get into a Routine
Here it is near the end of January, and I’ve finally gotten into a writing routine. I’m a firm believer in routines because I waste time–big time. I’ve never liked routine. Spontaneity is much more...
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The Dilemma of Christian Fiction
Louisa May Alcott was one of my favorite authors as I was growing up…still is. She taught me the dilemma of Christian fiction. Jo March, the heroine of her most famous book, Little Women, was a writer,...
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A Point in Time
Time is one of those things everyone knows… but no one really knows. To us it’s a compilation of memories of moments from the past and moments imagined in our future. Our consciousness only occurs in...
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Exploitation of Women on This Mother’s Day
I have many fond memories of my mother. I have many fond thoughts about being a mother, but oddly on this Mother’s Day I’m burdened by darker thoughts. You’d think the nightmare was over after the...
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What Makes a Father?
When it comes to fathers, I must paraphrase a quote from Dickens. “It’s the best of times and the worst of times.” Never have fathers been more willing to take on parenting chores, especially those...
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How King’s Speech Influenced Me
Today is the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Everyone knows how important that message delivered by Dr. King was to blacks and other minorities, but it changed...
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It Begins with Accountability
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. –John 8:32 To know the truth about your money, you have to put it under the microscope.You don’t have to be rich to live richly. More often...
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Is Healthcare Really Affordable?
Man who is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. Job 14:1 The first items on the budget are living expenses. If you’re in good health, health care may not be your first consideration, but...
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What’s The Best Fit for Your Healthcare Budget?
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. –Proverbs 15:1 Most of us just wait and worry. It’s impossible to live a rich life if you’re worried about your healthcare costs. Worry...
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Where do Savings Begin?
For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. –Romans 7:15 Saving is the backbone of any budget. If you don’t practice saving now, I recommend you start with those periodic...
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Prepare For Jolts in Your Utility Bill
Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways and be wise. –Proverbs 6:6 Boy scouts aren’t the only ones who have to be prepared. Anyone who wants to live richly has to. The easiest expenses to...
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Eat Well, Save More
Man does not live by bread alone. –Matt.4-4 No matter what your grocery budget is, you can cut it by at least $10 a week…easily…and eat just as well. There are so many options and so many items. Take...
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On the Move at a Sensible Speed
Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase – Daniel 12:4b Welcome to the end days. It seems that the more knowledge abounds, the more ignorant people become. Maybe our brains can’t hold it...
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