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Ignoring the Warnings (opens the original)
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He sat on the edge of the picnic table, a long, green, plastic inflatable dangling from his lips. Inhaling deeply, he then blew all the air from his mouth through the tiny valve. Puff after puff, the raft began to grow. Beads of sweat emerged on the top of his graying bald head. With the final blows, the inflatable protruded horizontally outward as it rested on his large belly. Red-faced and satisfied, he pushed the plastic seal into the hole and waded out into Lake Superior.I watched all of thi
My Favorite Augustinian Confessions (opens the original)
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I finally did it!The Confessions of St. Augustine had sat in my to-be-read pile for over two years. Books in this pile are usually there for a reason: other books, articles, and podcasts have referenced these books frequently enough to make me feel like I am missing out because I haven’t read them! Confessions is a hotly quoted piece of work!I knew I would be richly blessed, but I had no idea how. St. Augustine wrote Confessions between AD 397 and 401. What could he possibly have to say to a wom
Wildfires Occlude my View of the Son (opens the original)
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Beep. Beep. Beep.Hubby slaps his hand on the clock, and the annoyance is silenced. He rolls out of bed, searching in the dark for his walking clothes.The darkness surprises us every summer. I always imagine long summer days, yet by the end of July, we are already walking with a flashlight again, which we only use when a vehicle is approaching. This morning, sunrise was at 5:41, so when Nuka excitedly pulled us out of the house, it was still dark.We walk in the darkness. The roads we’ve traversed
Do I Need to Rest on Sundays? (opens the original)
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“How was your Sunday?”Hubby and I were driving to church and made our weekly phone call to our son, who has lived in Japan for the past four years. Our Sunday was just beginning, but his was completely over. He was burning the midnight oil.“Fine.”It’s the typical male response in our family. He learned it from his dad. Sometimes they surprise me with a “Great!”, but it’s rare and usually for shock effect.“Did you get caught up on your work?” (His job is completely remote, so he can work from an
Should I Homeschool My Kids? (opens the original)
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I never thought I’d be a homeschool mom. It was never on my radar. People who homeschooled were, well, in my opinion, weird. That was a quarter century ago.Opinions change.ShareWhen my firstborn was 4, we lived 22 miles from the public school. Yep. It’s the Chequamegon National Forest. If you take a left at the end of our driveway and keep taking left-hand turn
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