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On Finishing The Widow’s Honeymoon, Suspense on the Rhine
The Widow’s Honeymoon, Suspense on the Rhine, was inspired by the Christmas Market river cruise my husband and I took in December 2023. This story started as a straight love store. Then my editor want, so I went back and added suspense for proposal to another publisher. The cues were already there! Finishing a manuscript…
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Easter Perspectives: Palm Sunday Parade
What is the point of the Palm Sunday entrance into Jerusalem? Think of the big spectacular parades held in the USA. Name them: Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York, 4th of July Parades all over America. The point of all these parades is…
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Lent: a Baptist POV
I grew up in St Louis County, Missouri. As religious affiliation went, I was in the minority. My parents were quite paranoid that I would choose to marry a Catholic boy. In fact, in college I did date someone who was Catholic. I thought my parents would stroke out. In a short time, we broke…
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In the Cold, Dark Winter
The entire country is experiencing cold and snow, even in the Gulf coast region. My grandson in Beaumont, Texas, is practically in the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans. He has bemoaned for many years the lack of snow in his region. Yesterday he had snow. My daughter-in-law posted pictures of him and the dogs…
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Christmas is The Gospel Message
God takes human formJohn opens his gospel with these mysterious words: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of…
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2025 New Year, New Resolutions
2025. A blank slate or the same old, same old? Many people use the blank slate to make promises to themselves to do better, be better, start something new, rekindle something old. All of these things could have begun on any random date, but the world encourages us to use the start of the new…
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Reflecting on Christmas, 2024
On the news last night, they reported that the Last Minute Toy Store was running out of gifts for underprivileged children. Food banks are stretched to their limits. People are desperate for Christmas with all the trimmings. Who isn’t? Christmas is the most needful of all the holidays. The desire to please our families, especially…
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Hello World! It’s Advent!
Today is the 2nd Sunday of Advent! Hard to believe, isn’t it? Just last week it was still Thanksgiving weekend. And the 1st Sunday of Advent. What is Advent anyway? Advent is waiting for an event to occur. In this month, the birthday of Jesus. Christmas! Many Protestant communities do not celebrate Advent. I was…
Diane E Tatum, Writer 