There is something urgent about the question "Did you hear the news?" I remember being the herald of some bad news on August 17, 1977. I was 14. I ran outside in the early morning in Anchorage and stopped the first adult I saw walking through the parking lot of our apartment. "Hey, Mister. Did… Continue reading Long live the King
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Joy comes in the morning
Psalm 30:5 "For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning" There are times in life when sorrow takes us by surprise and overwhelms us. Today the day before Easter. It was the time of sorrow after Jesus died and… Continue reading Joy comes in the morning
The Good Luck God
I once had a rabbit's foot. As a young girl, I hung it on my purse as a talisman for good luck. Well, when I think about it, I guess it was not so lucky for the rabbit and he had 4 of them! I long ago lost that old rabbit's foot and outgrew the childish idea that… Continue reading The Good Luck God
The hanging tree
"I'm gonna go out on a limb for you." If you're like me, you may have heard those words spoken or implied by someone who took a risk in support of your idea, or, in you. Like many idioms in language, it makes no sense literally and the origin is often lost in history. Sometimes the… Continue reading The hanging tree
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