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CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
It would seem that once we’ve achieved a lifetime of successes and failures, we would have enough knowledge to help others through some of theirs. We might consider our endless wisdom to be useful to someone. Well, actually life isn’t … Continue reading
BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE & MEN . . .
It’s funny how old metaphors can still be applicable to us today. “The best laid plans of mice and men,” originated in a poem by Robert Burns, titled “To a Mouse.” The poem was an ode to the poor little … Continue reading
A PEEK AT SUMMER
ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© It seems like an eternity since quiet waters ran, Since sun-kissed skies caused squinting eyes, and toes touched on the sand, Awakened by morning sunrise, a craft sails slowly by, Still waters lap upon … Continue reading
LOOKING UP
ART & POETRY BY KATHY BOECHER Majestically standing in rows just like soldiers, With arms reaching up to great heights of the sky, The trees tower over the rocks and the boulders, They almost touch heaven and don’t even try, What if … Continue reading
IS TIME RUNNING OUT?
Our lives fill up rapidly with a litany of mistakes – a truckload of foolishness – difficult decisions – fears – hopes – dreams. By the end of each week, our refreshment needs renewal. We’re given this time on earth … Continue reading
MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS . . .
Memories of past events. people and places, come flooding back into my mind on Throw Back Thursdays. The times of our youth, when we feel that we’re invincible and still have not experienced the pitfalls of living – the days … Continue reading
WINDY, WHIRLING, WET & WATERLOGGED WEDNESDAY
ART & INSPIRATION FROM PAUL & KATHY BOECHER Waves of wind test the endurance of newly budding trees. The American flag is waving furiously at me, as I look out my side window. The watery blast of April rain is … Continue reading
ARGH
Today’s message will be short and sweet. I went in for my final cataract surgery yesterday and told them I was disappointed in the patch they gave me last time. I was hoping for a black one to complete my … Continue reading
MIRROR OF THE SOUL
Today is my second cataract surgery. The first went well and I’ve been able to see true color out of that eye and everything is much brighter. Now I can’t wait for the other eye to match up. Our vision … Continue reading
SUFFICIENT GRACE
The following is a story of how we hang on to things that we learn as and how they carry over to adulthood. I was about nine or ten, I guess. We had just moved to the lowest level of … Continue reading
SPRING RAGE
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A mass of melting snow trickles gently over rocks and crevices, Weeping as the tears of God, Hemorrhaging from each pore within the granite, Shards of glasslike ice – intertwining, mingling, coexisting, Fraternizing, … Continue reading
DEATH & TAXES
Woo hoo, it’s April 15th and time to get your taxes paid or receive a refund. I never did quite understand why we should be taxed on what we earned by actually working. It seems ludicrous in a way that … Continue reading
ONE WEEK CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING
Last Friday we meditated over the crucified Son of God as His arms stretched painfully upon a cross. His human life was being sucked from Him with the burden of our sins weighing heavily on His back. His final breath … Continue reading
PEARLS OF TRUTH
There’s really nothing funny about getting older. The fact that you have become your mother isn’t really all that bad. You loved your mother, right? I know I did. She came to live in our home when she was my … Continue reading
DOWNSIZING, PURGING OR SPRING CLEANING?
Some folks call it Spring cleaning while others call it de-cluttering, downsizing or purging. I call it hard work. When we go through the memories of the past, or struggle over what to hang on to and what to get … Continue reading
SPRING HAS SPRUNG
Spring has sprung, the grass has rizI wonder where the boidies isThe boidies are high in the skyDropping whitewash in my eyeI’m a good boy, I don’t cryI’m just glad the cows don’t fly I say this poem with great … Continue reading
FEAR OF HIGHS AND LOWS
We’ve just come down from a high emotional season of the Passion of Christ. Yesterday we rejoiced that our bruised, smitten, tortured and dead Savior has overcome the grave and risen from death. Our joyful Halleluiahs were raised in song … Continue reading
EMPTY GRAVE – FULL HEARTS
ART & INSPIRATION FROM PAUL & KATHY BOECHER John 20-6-7 “Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen … Continue reading
CHOICE & CONSEQUENCES
Every day we’re faced with choices. When you think about it, most things we do are based on our choices, but we often fail to look ahead to the consequences. If Jesus, the man, had a choice in the matter … Continue reading
HE THIRSTED
(A fictional story of what might have happened on that original Good Friday. Many were moved by crucifixion of Jesus. Many came to follow Him. Many prophesies were fulfilled. The truth of the story is that He lived a human … Continue reading
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