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  • Prayers of a Lesser Thanks?

    Are comparison prayers-could be worse, at least it’s not- a lesser kind of thanks? On their backs, our thanks resound?No! (We won’t boss Mack around.) Well, maybe for a chance, To boost our prayer stance,Just enough to get thanks off the ground! Beware of comparison thanks, I told the ladies. Our life group topic was, yes, gratitude. My shower that…

  • Transmission

    But we your people, the sheep of your pasture will give thanks to you forever;  from generation to generation we will recount your praise.  Psalm 79:13 Gabe dashed upstairs and scanned the room. He found her at once. The sight was cause for both mile-wide grin and mile-high shoulder sigh. Dinah, in typical lagomorph fashion,…

  • Precious

    Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Psalm 116:15 Antonio, “Uncle Tony,” Sparacino October 19, 1925-January 7, 2015(Photo taken with Sam during a private firehouse tour, 2008.) Uncle Tony was my favorite. He was Sicilian. Tony Sparacino was married to Great Aunt Bernice, Grandma’s youngest sister. He was my mother’s…

  • Magnify

    And Mary said, My soul does magnify  the Lord,  and my spirit  rejoices in God my Savior.  Luke 1:46-47 I’m not Roman Catholic. But, still. Only 27 percent?  What about the “Round yon virgin,” or the Herald Angels’, “offspring of a virgin’s womb”? Or, modern fav-everyone from Mary J. Blige to Clay Aiken to Kenny Rogers have all…