Month: October 2019
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Kids comments about Bible lesson
Children bring a fresh, untrained eye and ear to any experience. Each week Child Evangelism Fellowship teacher Donna Allen presents a short lessons on the Bible to pre-schoolers and older students. She delights in relating some experiences with her students. “They have really good questions. Their little minds are trying to grasp things.” Sometimes she…
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Tree Hugger
Tree hugging never made it high in our household. At least it didn’t until the day my husband became an avid convert. It happened one afternoon as he watched yet another gripping (or is that disappointing?) Razorback game. With the sound on the TV turned to stadium loud, I retired to the back bedroom to…
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Visiting the Federal Reserve STL
Serious business happens at the Federal Reserve building in St Louis. Guards stop visitors entering its free Economy Museum for x-ray and visitor tags. “You have a pair of scissors in your purse?” the guard asked. “Yes,” I had forgotten them. “We can’t hold for you. You have to get rid of them off the…
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I want a baby sister
Pre-schoolers know what they want. Our three-year-old granddaughter Katie does. She recently implored her father, “Dad, I want a baby sister. Everyone has one. And I never got to have one.” “Who else has a baby sister?” Katie listed several friends. Dad agreed, a lot of her friends did have baby sisters and added, “Katie,…