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Doorway to eternity

I used to think it was only the very rich who have two homes; now I realize we all do. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an … Continue reading

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When a house is not a home

This has been a devastating week for so many in Oklahoma and a rather challenging one for us here at the Catch. We have been planning a monthly subscriber campaign for some time, and we chose to make the three … Continue reading

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Home

Home is where you are welcome. It’s where you belong – where you are always gladly received. And if you’ve been gone a while, then the welcome is even more pronounced. It’s the father on the front porch, gazing down … Continue reading

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Answering the Unanswerable

Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy Gale is swept away to another land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to find her way home again, finally to be told … Continue reading

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Welcome mat

When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, “At home even the hired men have food enough to spare, and here I am, dying of hunger! I will go home to my father….” (Luke 15:17-18)  Most of … Continue reading

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Anticipating the unexplainable

“Click your heels together three times and say, ‘There’s no place like home’ and you’ll be there.” Marti would have loved to have made this magic work last Sunday when we were seven driving hours away from home, especially when … Continue reading

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Our town

Thank you. I received some good advice and counsel from some of you, but most of all I received your love. You reached out to me and responded to my need. Are you uncomfortable that I am struggling? Do you … Continue reading

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Home away from home

In the Book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament, Chapter 29, an account is given of the Lord’s plan to turn His people, the Israelites, over to the Babylonians for 70 years of captivity before rescuing them and bringing them … Continue reading

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Looking for a home

Suzan said it well: “There is something here on Earth in our everyday lives we are to be, see, do, know. Why else would our amazing and omnipotent God put us on this planet rather than just create us already … Continue reading

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Almost home

Marti hates road trips, and anything longer than an hour in a car for her is road trip. Having lived significant parts of my life in both Los Angeles and San Francisco, I have made the trip between these two … Continue reading

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