I was drying a juice glass when it slipped from my hand and fell onto the floor. Here’s the odd part. As it was falling, time slowed down. I t…
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It was about five months before my husband Dave passed away. He was home from the hospital. We didn’t know it would be his last time. He said,…
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“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His…
My husband, Mel, and I were sharing memories. He told me about a time long ago when he was a little boy about five years old. He was the oldes…
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I planted a big tomato patch this year. More than ever before. I began with individual plants, but they’ve grown so much they look like one gi…
Morningside Lutheran Church installs new pastor
Last weekend I transplanted flower bulbs and plants a friend gave me. Excited to get them into the ground, I stuck my shovel into the dirt wit…
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I still remember that day like it was just yesterday. Don’t we all have memories like that? It doesn’t matter how long it’s been, there are so…
This is my sixteenth year of writing this weekly column for the Sioux City Journal. I look back on these years and think about change. Changes…
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Today I write specifically to those who call themselves Christians. To those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God the Father. To …
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A phrase that has become part of our everyday vernacular during the COVID-19 pandemic is “essential workers.” Basically, they are people worki…
Open Discussion
Looking back over my life, the Lord has given me Bible verses for different seasons. As a young teenager, it was John 15:5. “I am the vine, yo…
When I was a little girl, sometimes I’d walk to the National Guard Armory after school instead of going straight home. My dad worked there. I …
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“I wish I knew then what I know now.”
Worship Together
Growing up going to church every Sunday with my family, I usually sat next to my dad. He and I most often shared a hymnal. He held one side an…
Pastor Retirement
Friend Donna gave me a few irises last summer. She even planted them for me. We picked out the spot together. It’s along the east side of the …
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