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Travel, we are told, is a broadening experience. Exposing ourselves to exotic foods, exciting or calming new landscapes, dipping our toes into both pleasant and dangerous waters, ascending the heights and plumbing the depths of our world exalts us above the mundane and breathes life into what would otherwise be mere...
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My Certificate of Baptism shows that I was baptized in the Holy Family Catholic Church in Lisbon Falls, Maine on July 20, 1941. That made me 3 ½ months old as I was born April 8th of that year. My God Parents were my Uncle Joseph Frederick Witham, my...
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I have seemed to find answers to life’s perplexities by walking in “Godly places”. Just where do we find such places? They are all around us! As a child I enjoyed walking down streams of water that flowed from concrete drains that were used to keep the streets from flooding...
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On May 31st, during our trip to Charleston with Michele and Pat I had a horrific fall. Fell forward and hit the left side of my face and the outside of my hands. By the time they got me on my feet and sat me on a bench my hands were...
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My testimony is simple, it still encompasses the same words from my youth, but now the words have a much greater meaning in my heart. I know that my redeemer lives, he loves us and has provided a way to return to our Heavenly Father as successors. I know that...
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I am so grateful for a good, faithful and kind husband, and five children to match. If someone had asked me as a young adult how I would envisage my life in forty years' time, it would have been much different from the one I have. At that time I simply...
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If put to the test of what I can't imagine living without, it would be courage, faith,and love. The first of the three, I believe I had when I took my first steps learning to walk. In those days every experience was a discovery and, having had few disappointments, I was...
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What are 5 of your core beliefs? I believe in God, our Heavenly Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. I believe they are three distinct personages with specific roles, perfectly united as one in purpose and love. I believe God communicates with us, His children,...
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One Day on a Train I remember a time during my service in the small French town of Tarbes that our District traveled to Pau for Zone Conference. I was a “blue”, and as with many of my fellow missionaries on that train I anticipated the conference eagerly. While we...
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My Wish I wish I have the heart to heal those who cry I wish I have the gift to unwrap their pain I wish I have the knowledge to know what they need I wish I have the courage to tell them I'm not always right I wish I have...
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Going Home David Dominic Bell Daylight is slowing fading away. I find myself walking the snowy path of a tiny traveling carnival. The skies are a chalky gray and I feel lost and alone. The intense cold seeps through my bones and I can't stop shivering. Not anyone else here,...
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You are Not Alone by David Dominic Bell God wants you to know that you are not alone he is with you every hour every hour, every day and when you cry he will brush away your tears and when you are afraid he will comfort you and when you are...
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The Presbytery of Tampa Bay (our regional organization) has long recognized the need for a Presbyterian Church in the New Tampa/Wesley Chapel area. Beginning in November 2000, a small group of Presbyterians in the local area agreed to assist the presbytery in the preliminary work of a new church development: assessing...
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... we embark on educating citizens of the urgent need to preserve the legacy of the 20th century before it is too late!
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