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ENDING IT ALL

It seems that many young people today are turning their thoughts to suicide as an option for a solution to their problems. Maybe at some time in our own lives, we have all thought the world would be a better … Continue reading

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EERY MORNING RANDOM THOUGHTS

This image reflects what I’m seeing from my window this morning.  It’s already 8 AM and a thick haze of fog envelopes my view.  The wind is slightly tickling the branches on the trees so you might think it was … Continue reading

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FOLLOWING THE SWEET AROMA

Oneta Hayes at Sweet Aroma posted a series of questions that might reveal something  about some of you in the blogosphere.  Might take a little time, but should be interesting and maybe even funny. QUESTIONS 1. Do you make your … Continue reading

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WHY GO TO CHURCH?

We sometimes form our ideas about attending church out of habit, need or willingness.  When we gather or assemble we are doing more than that.  We have been invited to confess our sins, to receive absolution and forgiveness, to give … Continue reading

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COVET?

The word covet isn’t used much today.  Instead we talk about greed, desire, longing, craving, lust or wanting what someone else has that we don’t.  Both the 8th & 9th Commandments are similar because they talk about how our passions … Continue reading

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WALLY’S FRIDAY FRIDADDY FUNNY

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JULIE’S FRIDAY FUNNY

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JUDGE NOT, LEST YE BE JUDGED

When we bear false witness, lie or spread rumors, alter another person’s reputation with misinformation, bully, cut down or humiliate another human being, we are in fact disobeying the Eighth Commandment.  It also goes against Jesus’ teaching to treat others … Continue reading

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“I’M NOT A CROOK!”

The word STEAL has many meanings.  The obvious one is to take something from another person which you have no right to.  Over time it has been associated with  thievery, identity theft, stealing a kiss, a base, a scene, an … Continue reading

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EVERYONE IS DOING IT

We’re all in this world together.  We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. The simple rules He established for His people, along with the many laws in the book of Leviticus, might seem like impossible … Continue reading

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THOU SHALT NOT KILL

THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT You shall not kill. When I learned this commandment at an young age I thought –  here’s one I can keep. A lot of folks think that way.  The average Joe doesn’t go around slaying people.  What … Continue reading

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HAPPY GRANDPARENT’S DAY

I don’t know why this day always seems to sneak up on us.  I’m not sure when it originated, but I know it wasn’t around when I was a kid.  I think it’s a good idea to honor our golden … Continue reading

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WHERE LIES YOUR COMFORT?

ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A peaceful mist hangs over the stillness of a chilly mountain lake, Covered as with fairy dust, the beclouded vapor permeates, The cool blue water reflects an autumn morning, Light bounces off … Continue reading

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Poor old Rodney Dangerfield never got any of it.  Aretha Franklin sang about it, but what is it about respect that we seem to have forgotten over the years?  When I was a youngster, this particular commandment was particularly tough … Continue reading

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WALLY’S FRIDAY FRYDADDY FUNNY

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JULIE’S FRIDAY FUNNY

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NO WORK ON THE SABBATH

I remember when my now 24 year old grandson was just a child and already a Bible scholar. He carried his Bible almost everywhere he went. He knew all the commandments and when Sunday came, he knew he’d be going … Continue reading

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I’LL BE BACK!!

I just got my computer out of the repair shop.  I should be back tomorrow with the third commandment and other assorted things to think about.  I never realized how much I could get done without a computer.  Maybe I … Continue reading

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COMPUTER WOES

I am having computer problems and will need to take a break for a while. Unfortunately my series on the Ten Commandments will have to resume when my computer does.

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IT’S ALL ABOUT GOD

When God gave those first Ten Commandments, He did so in a most dramatic way.  Perhaps not as spectacularly as the rendering in the Charlton Heston version, but we certainly knew that the hand of God was involved.  Since we … Continue reading

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