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The song was a prayer about growing old and grieving loss.
The singer, in his 70s, a face etched with lines of hard times, played an ancient guitar.
The lyrics were heartfelt, moving and …
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By Mark Saucier
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9/17/26
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This week I had planned to write about King David’s song of praise to our Lord, showering Him with words of astonishment and humility:
“You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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9/17/26
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver asks on “A Summer Day.”
Quaker author Parker Palmer responds , “Before I can tell my life what …
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By Mark Saucier
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9/17/26
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The song was a prayer about growing old and grieving loss.
The singer, in his 70s, a face etched with lines of hard times, played an ancient guitar.
The lyrics were heartfelt, moving and …
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By Mark Saucier
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9/3/26
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Drive anywhere throughout America, and you’ll run across old red barns sitting on the side of the road.
Even as they collapse, they have a certain charm about them. For in them, you can sense …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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9/3/26
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Yesterday, my 5-year-old granddaughter, as she is wont to do, started singing in the back seat of the car.
She made me think of Jubal.
Genesis 4 tells us that Lamech had three sons. The …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/20/26
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My mother, God rest her soul, would go to the doctor for an ailment and instead of telling him the symptoms she was experiencing, expect him to take her vitals and somehow know what was troubling her …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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8/20/26
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My hand missed the pen I was trying to grab and, instead, I knocked the coffee cup off the table.
The ceramic cup my daughter Laura lovingly made me and personalized with a heart at its base, …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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8/6/26
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It’s the most famous of all of Jesus’s miracles.
Everyone who’s spent some time in church knows the story.
A big crowd. Jesus spent hours curing the sick. It got late, and the people …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/6/26
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When I was young, I sowed some seed
not sure what it would sprout.
Simply an urge born out of need
To let my dreams burst out.
The birds swooped in, ate all I’d tossed
left …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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7/22/26
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On average, 175,000 people die each day. But it only takes one death to burrow in and niggle our complacency. Ted’s did that for me.
He was a corporate lawyer, father of four, had a passion …
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By Mark Saucier
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7/22/26
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The American flag is hanging on one of my office walls.
Presented to me by my son, Jake, the flag was flown at his Army outpost in Afghanistan where he was stationed.
Our USA flags fly …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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7/9/26
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We were going to our daughter’s. We exited the highway and were approaching a stop sign when I noticed him on the side of the road.
He was in his mid-to-late 30s. He had short, dark hair and a …
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By Mark Saucier
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7/9/26
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We were driving back from a family vacation in East Tennessee.
We had stopped for gas when a middle-aged man in jeans, boots, and a tucked-in tee came up to my open window.
“Hi,” he …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/24/26
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The driver in front of me at the roundabout didn’t come to a stop when there was no car in front of him, thus we both went through it smoothly.
The checkout girl at the market packed my …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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6/24/26
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Who doesn’t love a good mystery?
From Miss Marple (Agatha Christie) and Father Brown (GK Chesterton) to Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), we are captivated by the twists and turns of …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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6/12/26
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This reflection was originally published June 11, 2011, three weeks after a deadly EF-5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri:
He had no ties to the city, no family or friends there.
He’d …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/12/26
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We attend the games where the cheering and clapping rise to fever pitches.
The noise levels are deafening but instead of feeling daunted, we are on our feet with excitement, rooting all the …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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6/1/26
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In the story of Pentecost in Acts, we are told, “Staying in Jerusalem at the time were devout Jews of every nation under heaven.”
There was a reason for that. Those Jews were celebrating …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/1/26
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This morning, the family planted the tomatoes that David’s been nurturing inside all winter in the ground.
He’s grown them from seed to roots to vines until they’re ready to plant and …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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5/14/26
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