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616 Blog Posts Under This Category Now Displaying Page 15, Blog Posts 351 to 375 « Previous | Next » Page 1.. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Category: Blogging From the Antiquarian Library - CarolynCHolland(8,913)   September 28, 2006. Greetings to all from New England. Monte and I began our New England sojourn on Cape Cod, the guests of Bob, my father's cousin. He was preparing to close his Cape Cod cottage and to open his Florida home, but was gracious enough to host us for two nights. We exchanged...Category: Blogging Moose, Goose, Deer - CarolynCHolland(8,913) Definitely it was not a goose. This beast was massive, Certainly not passive. While racing high speed ahead It saw me and it stopped dead. His eyes, locked into mine, seemed to screecher,Category: Blogging Cochran Cockroach’s Letters About Finding His Identity Part 7 of 7 Parts - beanerywriters(11,214) This is the seventh and final part of a letter that I, Cochran Cornell the Cantankerous Cockroach, wrote to my friend, A’nonniemouse. To read previous parts of this letter click on Cochran’s Writings, where all parts are filed. Then I thought about roach pastoring. But how can I do... Category: Blogging JOCHEBED AND LUCY: STORIES OF ADOPTION AND MOTHER LOVE - CarolynCHolland(8,913) Below is a conversation between Lucy, a contemporary woman, and Jochebed, a woman from the Bible’s Old Testament. Both women “lost” infants they “gave up” for “adoption” due to the exceptional circumstances of their lives. Lucy’s story is based on a...Category: Blogging JOCHEBED AND LUCY: STORIES OF ADOPTION AND MOTHER LOVE Part 2 of 2 - beanerywriters(11,214) Below is Part 2 of a 2-Part conversation between Lucy, a contemporary woman, and Jochebed, a woman from the Bible’s Old Testament. Both women “lost” infants they “gave up” for “adoption” due to the exceptional circumstances of their lives. Lucy’s... Category: Blogging THE UNICORN: MYTH OR REALITY? Part 1 of 2 Parts - beanerywriters(11,214) Its beauty is beyond comprehension and it’s boundless strength prevents its capture, according to literature through the ages. Authors from many cultures affirm its existence yet there are those who claim the beast is merely a myth. Who could question the existence of such a universal... Category: Blogging OVERSTUFFED Lent Devotion #13 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) Matthew 6:19-20 Do not gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal; 20. But gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume...Category: Blogging MY SPIDER PLANT LIVES Lent Devotion #14 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) Micah 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. (KJV) I found my three-foot high planter tipped over on my porch, dirt scattered about and pieces of the lush...Category: Blogging WHO IS SERVING WHOM? Lent Devotion #16 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 12:7 Then they (the elders) spoke to him (King Rehoboam), saying, “If you will be as a servant to this people today, will serve them, grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” (NAS) For many years my mission...Category: Blogging CHILDREN CAN BE HEAVY LADEN Lent Devotion #21 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Matthew 11:28 “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”(NKJV) REFLECTION: I was alone with nine year-old Susie when she approached me at my computer and began a conversation about her father, who’d left her and her mother when...Category: Blogging THE YOUGHIOGHENY (RIVER) CRAWL Lent Devotion #22 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Exodus 7:21 The fish that were in the river died, the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river... (KJV) REFLECTION: I find surprising revelations emerge in news-feature work. One occurred during an interview with a local artist who was commissioned to do a...Category: Blogging LEAD ME TO MY ROCKING CHAIR Lent Devotion #24 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: John 5:36 “I (Jesus) have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent me.” (NIV) REFLECTION: The late Mrs. Grim was 94 years old when I interviewed her for a...Category: Blogging COME CELEBRATE MY FUNERAL Lent Devotion #23 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Genesis 15:15 And you shall to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old (hoary) age. (Amp) REFLECTION: My friend Norma Leary wrote in jest that perhaps we ought to take the “fun” out of the word “funeral.” Might I add that since most funerals are...Category: Blogging SURVIVOR'S GUILT Lent Devotion #25 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from...Category: Blogging LOVE BY SERVING Lent Devotion #29 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Mark 12:33 To love him (God) with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. (NIV) REFLECTION: The English language can be confusing. This and other...Category: Blogging GENERATIONS OF BLESSINGS #26 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 5:10 “but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” (NIV) REFLECTION: An interview with Lieutenant Mary Powell of the Pennsylvania State Police alerted me to this scripture. She used it in reference to genealogical...Category: Blogging WHO WILL TAKE OUR CHURCH FROM US? Lent Devotion #30 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Lamentations 1:1 How solitary and lonely sits the city (Jerusalem) that was full of people! How like a widow has she become ! She who was great among that nations and princess among the provinces has become a tributary----in bond service! (Amp) Five months after we moved to...Category: Blogging HAVE VISIONS, DREAM DREAMS Lent Devotion #31 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Joel 2:28 And it will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, and Your young men will see visions. (NAS) REFLECTION: My mother, though not an young “man,” envisioned...Category: Blogging THINGS REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED Lent Devotion #33 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Haggai 1:5-6 5. Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hoses, Consider your ways, 6. Ye have sown much, and bring little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it...Category: Blogging BURNT FAT OFFERINGS Lent Devotion #35 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 4:8 'He (the priest) shall take from it (bull) all the fat of the bull as the sin offering.....10. as it was taken from the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offering, and the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering. " Related Scripture: Leviticus 4:26, 31...Category: Blogging WITH AGE COMES WISDOM Lent Devotion #45 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) SCRIPTURE: Job 12:12 There is wisdom, remember, in age; and long life brings understanding. (NEB) REFLECTION: When my mother called me on August 1, 1997 I asked her if she would write something for my daughter Sandy, a new mother. I was looking for some great-grandmotherly advice. She hemmed and...Category: Blogging From Portsmouth, N.H., Library 10/2/06 - CarolynCHolland(8,913) This comes from the VERY timed Portsmouth Library computers. It took me 3 of my 15 minutes to sign onto this point. The stress and pressure of knowing I will be CUT OFF at the moment the timer hits zero is inducive to mistake making, so I apologize ahead of time for errors and typos. The...Category: Blogging A 2nd Try...from Kennebunk, ME - CarolynCHolland(8,913) Greetings from Kennebunk, Maine Thursday I very carefully typed in a journal note for the blog, and as I went to strike " post " the computer shut off! It was mine to use for 30 minutes, and it had a timer that shut it off automatically at that time. This was in my hometown library, Portsmouth...Category: Blogging THE OVENS - CarolynCHolland(8,913) Oct. 8, 2006. Like Hansel and Gretel, Monte and I headed towards THE OVENS on our trip to New England. Only we weren’t being chased there by the wicked witch---we were visiting a place where my ancestors---and very likely, the main character in the first part of my historic romance...Category: Blogging Oh, to Climb Schoodic Mtn. - CarolynCHolland(8,913) On Saturday, October 7, 2006. Monte and I climbed Maine’s coastline Schoodic Mountain with my niece Erin, her husband Greg and their two children, Paige (seven) and Morgan (five), who live in a coastal Maine town. It was my suggestion. I wanted to see and experience what the main character... |
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