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Past being able to jerry-rig his 30-year-old tractor for another season, my husband bought a new one last year.
We put so much down on it and made our first installment on the rest of the …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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10/29/26
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We were in Mexico, distributing free eyeglasses in poor Mayan villages in the state of Yucatan.
Vision care is a critical need for the indigenous people there, especially those who live in …
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By Mark Saucier
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10/29/26
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I recently listened to a popular Christian song on the radio.
The lyrics were really good; however, one part made me stop and reflect on how thankful I am to be a Catholic Christian.
I …
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By Anita Frey
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10/29/26
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We recently celebrated the Feast of the Guardian Angels, and just seven days later Jesus, is talking to the crowds about demons.
What gives?
Sharing the parable of a strong king whose …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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10/15/26
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The calendar says we are in autumn, in mid-October and on the eve of our average first frost date.
But summer has dug in its heels, refusing to relent on the hottest season on record in the U.S.
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By Mark Saucier
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10/15/26
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I was walking on the greenway, approaching an abutment to the highway overpass.
Something caught my eye in the rocks heaped against the base of the concrete.
There was one, at first — a …
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By Mark Saucier
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10/1/26
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Reading Chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes immediately has me singing the classic Byrds hit, “Turn, Turn, Turn” (1962, Pete Seeger), based on this Old Testament passage.
Setting this centuries-old …
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By E. Jane Rutter
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10/1/26
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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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9/17/26
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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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