Tag Archives: God

The Gardener

By: Judith Hargett “Be careful where you plant these, Jude,” Mom cautioned me.  “They will take over.”  She suggested a pot would be the best place for the lemon plant she had sent from her garden.  She also advised digging … Continue reading

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Get Your “Honor On”

Many schools let the kids out for the summer. Youngsters will use their “freedoms” differently. Some will play video games. Some will party. Some will just, “you know, hang out.” Excitedly,  the students leave school, making plans with their friends … Continue reading

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When Lightning Strikes

The other night I got to wondering about the first time lightning attacked mankind.  It isn’t the person struck, wriggling about the now-soggy field or floating on the surface of some tossing body of water, who intrigues me.  No, it … Continue reading

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Even When the Tire Blows

This week, much of the Chapel staff was away at a conference.  The intention was to keep you posted on what was going on, but our hotel had other ideas.  Mainly, their idea was to charge $12.99 per day to … Continue reading

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Going off into the Wild Blue Yonder

With graduation season upon us, Judith Hargett weighs in on her post-high school entrance into the wider world. When I began my senior year of high school, I knew change was coming.  Though I don’t remember ever being told, it … Continue reading

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The Woeful State of Our Words

I caught an interesting news cycle before leaving for work this morning.  The story was, more or less, on profanity of all things. First, it featured the hapless news-anchor whose career had finally arrived as he was on-set for his … Continue reading

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, remember all that?  Recall how God tactically went about creating things each day?  After each day, God would assess the day’s activity and nod with approval: “It is good.” Then … Continue reading

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Wisdom from Talking Beavers

This weekend we focused on idols, and how we so love to worship them. It is absurd, yes, to place God into some minute thing of which He holds prominence over, yet time and time again we bow before our … Continue reading

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Today and Every Day After

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 says, “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third … Continue reading

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Easter and Church

The Christian faith was founded on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  And sure we could add all sorts of details and other considerations, and yes our knowledge surrounding that statement is always growing and deepening. But at the … Continue reading

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