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Hazel’s last entry

Well we’ve done a wedding online for someone in our community. I suppose we could do a funeral. Although this will be a most unusual funeral — a funeral with the deceased present, sitting up, alert, and very much alive. … Continue reading

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What to do with failure? Hide it? No, unless you like being alone to yourself. “So how are you?” someone inquires and you say, “I am fine. I am all right. I absolutely couldn’t be better.” And if pressed to … Continue reading

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How to know if you love like God

“God so loved the world that He gave…” (John 3:16). If you love like God, you will love and hurt at the same time. The tragedy of God’s love is that it is not universally received. “He came to that … Continue reading

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No small miracles

The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is full of miracles. They happen for various reasons, but always they are a sign of God’s intervention in human affairs, and they always bring glory to God, because they are supernatural occurrences … Continue reading

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A word about our awesome prayer ministry

We have 12 prayer warriors who pray around the clock. They pray generally for all of you, and specifically for those who send in requests. And here’s the catch, we don’t know where they came from. And that’s the way … Continue reading

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When God gives you something special from His word

If you read yesterday’s Catch, you were introduced to a concept in studying the Bible that should be common to us all as a means by which the word of God becomes real to us. I’m speaking of when you … Continue reading

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Are the end times really just the beginning?

My big brother is onto something. He is standing end times theories on their heads. He is making us think. He’s not saying he’s got all the end times answers; he’s only saying that there are a number of passages … Continue reading

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The under-appreciated dignity of hospital work

After three weeks in a hospital, I must say, the people who work here are among the most amazing in the world. That goes for everyone from nurses to technicians, to aids, to therapists and even volunteers. Maybe this isn’t … Continue reading

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What’s all the singing about?

Hospitals can be terribly unpleasant paces. That’s why I’ve decided to try and write about something pleasant that happens here as well. Thus the scripture verses on the TV yesterday, and something else you will enjoy hearing about today.

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What I learned from a hospital TV

My rehab room at the hospital has a TV with an array of cable channels and one channel set up round the clock to play worship music, with pictures of nature, and an occasional scripture verse or song lyric. For … Continue reading

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