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In all circumstances, maintain joy, prayer, and thanksgiving

In all circumstances, maintain joy, prayer, and thanksgiving

by Carole Duff | Nov 13, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading | 2 comments

Sometimes it’s hard to maintain one’s life in Christ. For instance, last night I was up most of the night, dealing with what we think is food poisoning—Keith has symptoms, too. We’d gone out to lunch after church and shared a meal. In between the sieges in the wee...
Strive to be other-centered, strive to be planted, strive to grow

Strive to be other-centered, strive to be planted, strive to grow

by Carole Duff | Oct 30, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 2 comments

Keith and I don’t strive to make our home beautiful, especially this time of year. God does all the nature work. But human nature gives us many opportunities to strive to be better, more faithful people. Strive to be other-centered Have you ever had one of these...
Clarify who I am: a believer, a list-maker, a writer

Clarify who I am: a believer, a list-maker, a writer

by Carole Duff | Oct 23, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 14 comments

While taking notes at Saturday afternoon’s neighborhood association meeting, I asked questions to clarify, that is, to understand the statement or situation more clearly. Being the secretary-treasurer, I wanted to be sure that the minutes were comprehensible to those...
Attempt, essay, make an effort to achieve what we aspire to—or not

Attempt, essay, make an effort to achieve what we aspire to—or not

by Carole Duff | Oct 9, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading | 12 comments

With the outbreak of war in Israel, an attempt at peace seems difficult if not impossible. And yet we pray, make the effort, and try. Such is the case in all we do, right? Attempt: to essay, make an effort to achieve or complete something difficult Last...
Copy: a single specimen, transcript, reproduction, or imitation

Copy: a single specimen, transcript, reproduction, or imitation

by Carole Duff | Oct 2, 2023 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading | 6 comments

“Here’s my book,” Keith said as he handed a copy of his novel The Starflower to the appliance technician. Our oven heating element had broken, and the damage from the resulting explosion was beyond our DIY abilities. Plus, it was fun to chat with this guy, because...
Boomer opinion, Gen Me opinion, all generation truth

Boomer opinion, Gen Me opinion, all generation truth

by Carole Duff | Sep 25, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading | 7 comments

Here’s a blast from the past story about my personal opinion versus his professional opinion, both generation opinion biased. My boomer generation opinion It was 1991, and I was carpooling two bunheads to after-school ballet class. “Hey Jessica, did the self-esteem...
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