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Sowing Seeds: Let’s talk about bible study
Shortly after committing my life to Jesus Christ, I began studying the Bible more seriously. Unlike many future…
Lifestyles
Watch Your Language: Is this correct or is it a blooper?
It’s June, the regular school year is finished, and it’s time to relax with a new set of…
Lifestyles
Devotional – Sabbatical
27 Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath;…
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Trent’s Mill News: Let’s talk about tea
As we head into summer, there’s nothing better than just sitting on the porch with a glass of…
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Sowing Seeds: Memorial Day and Uncle Bobby
Memorial Day is to honor men and women of the armed forces who served our country sacrificing their…
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Trent’s Mill News: We take a minute for the Class of 2023
Well, it’s finally happened. At this point, all the high schools, colleges and universities in our area have…
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Devotional: Five aspects of spiritual development
Having been born into an African Methodist Episcopal family and later converted to Islam, I have found commonalities…
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Happy to be here: Lessons my father taught me
A few weeks ago, I drove past a home where a father, maybe a grandfather, was teaching a child…
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The Word: A slight touch of the spurs
Something I have wanted since I was a “kid” is spurs. My dad’s a HUGE fan of westerns,…
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TV Review: Platonic
The new romantic comedy PLATONIC, starring Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen, asks the age old question… can men…
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Through the Garden Gate: Garden Clubs — Not just who raised the best rose
There is a long history of clubs just for men – social, botanical, historical, culinary, even ones for…
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Sowing Seeds: Impossible dreams
“Impossible Dream” is my favorite song within my favorite play: “Man of La Mancha.” The story is loosely…
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The Word: Discouragement: To believe a lie
Jans’ proud face crumpled; she put her hands over her eyes and began to cry. “Empty, empty!” she…
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Trent’s Mill News: Let’s not forget the reason for Memorial Day
First off today, let’s take a minute over the next week and pay tribute to those who gave…
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Brother Max: All of this was driven by fear
Jans’ proud face crumpled; she put her hands over her eyes and began to cry. “Empty, empty!” she…
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Larry Davies: Let’s talk about an impossible dream
“Impossible Dream” is my favorite song within my favorite play: “Man of La Mancha.” The story is loosely…
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Devotional: Answering evil with a greater love
When last I wrote, I was in Guatemala on a mission trip, meeting friends in faith and seeing…
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Sowing Seeds: Supporting each other
A little boy scraped a chair across the kitchen floor and climbed on it to reach a cookie…
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Trents Mill News: Who doesn’t love summer camp?
Who doesn’t love summer camp? It’s a chance for kids to have fun and parents to take a…
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The Word: Focus on the small and simple things
“By small and simple things are great things brought to pass” (Book of Mormon, Alma 37:6). A recent…
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Devotional: ‘The House: Your Life’
Many of us have grown up hearing the Biblical story of a house built on the rock, versus…
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The Word: Stay connected to the vine
Last weekend, we planted a garden. Not much of one – just a couple of raised beds with…
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Through the Garden Gate: Time to fight against Mother Nature
Several years ago, I visited the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. The gardens were at their peak…
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Trent’s Mill News: Let’s talk a bit about Mother’s Day
We say Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms everywhere. Mother’s Day is coming up this weekend, on…
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Sowing Seeds: We are the church, together
Most churches in America are declining but some are thriving. I visited four churches thriving in the midst…
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TV Review: The Diplomat
Netflix is hitting it out of the park this year, releasing two of my favorite series with BEEF…
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The Word: Jesus makes all things new
“I feel like a new person” someone will say. Maybe you’ve even expressed that same sentiment. I have…