March 26, 2020
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Novel Virus = Altered Lives
Last week I was a senior citizen with Parkinson’s Disease, but active. My calendar shows that I was busy, busy! This week I am a high risk, self-quarantined senior citizen.
January 21, 2020
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Living in a Shadow Doesn’t Mean It’s Dark
In a season of illness and struggle, the eagle came to remind us of a strength that is not our own. A strength from the everlasting God of Isaiah, the Creator who never grows weary.
July 9, 2019
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Moments with Maggie
Moments with Maggie is a biographical poetic-prose collection of coming-of-age anecdotes that span the 20th century following Maggie as a child experiencing immigration to becoming the matriarch of five generations.
November 27, 2018
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Maggie and the Big Move
“Maggie and the Big Move” tells of a young girl’s grand journey across the Atlantic Ocean to reach the promising country of America.
March 20, 2018
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Prayer for Families and Schools
I'd like to share the prayer I wrote for the annual prayer service of the CRC churches in Hull, IA.
December 18, 2017
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The Time a Little Girl Stole the Pastor's Show
Remembering CRC Christmas programs of the 1950's.
September 27, 2016
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A Lesson From 3rd Graders at the Sheldon, Iowa, Christian Grade School
He could no longer even stand, so he simply laid himself down on the ground. “Did anyone do anything?” his mom asked. “Yes,” he said quietly. “My friends ran over and laid on the ground right next to me.”
February 22, 2016
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PLEASE Don’t DIS My ABILITIES
I was not born disabled, nor have I been disfigured in any way. But the insidious invasion of my Parkinson’s Disease continues to dismantle one aspect or another of my otherwise ordinary daily life.
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In 1988, I responded to a similar request from a local newspaper to share memorable Christmas traditions or events. This was my story and it refers to the former tradition of the Sunday School ...
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With the guidance and power of the Holy Spirit, some people I have known for a long time, and others I had not ever heard of before, have connected with me because of this exposure and we have...
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