The family ties that bind us to each other often grow closer as we age. During the years when my mother’s health began to fail, leading to her death in 2014, my sister and I
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Jesus Christ Deserves Our Best Effort
by Sandy Kirby Quandt As I contemplated what to write for this post I thought about Jesus Christ and Easter. I thought about how he gave himself to save a sinful world, and how as
Read moreWho Is Our Neighbor?
by Sandy Kirby Quandt Who do we consider our neighbor? Is our neighbor the people next door, across the hall, down the street? Maybe our neighbor is the people in our development, in our school,
Read more2016 – A Time to Set Goals
by Sandy Kirby Quandt Five days into 2016. A brand new year. Another year bursting with potential, opportunities, and goals. Twelve months stretch before us like a road just waiting for us to set and
Read moreAnother Christmas Story
One of the books my family owned when I grew up was a Whitman Giant Book, The Christmas Book, a collection of forty-five Christmas stories and poems. How do I know it had forty-five stories?
Read moreThe Other Day in November to Give Thanks
by Sandy Kirby Quandt November. The month where we here in the United States take time to give thanks. No. I’m not talking about the fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving Day. I’m talking about November
Read moreCounter False Teachings With God’s Truth
False prophets and false teachings are nothing new. So how can we protect ourselves against them? In the apostle John’s first epistle, written between AD 80 and the early 90s, he wrote words of truth
Read moreYou’ve Got A Friend
This morning I listened to a CD I haven’t listened to for some time…James Taylor’s Greatest Hits. The songs brought back tons of memories. Some good. Some not so good. “You’ve Got a Friend” reminded
Read moreDare to Dream Big
When God pulled Abram, whom he later re-named Abraham, aside and told Abe to look up at the sky, God said he would have descendents like the stars … too numerous to count. Of course
Read moreHonoring the Sabbath
The Fourth Commandment tells us to observe the Sabbath as a holy day. A day to refrain from our usual work. A day of rest. My first job in high school, besides babysitting, required me
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