Logistics once again has determined a small change in this week’s post schedule. Instead of Mama Monday Minis, Peace Garden Mama presents, Sunday Salonen Shorties. * "It’s a Twister!" Do you see it? If you look closely enough, you will. It’s the most exciting couple minutes of bathtime — the Twister! It swirls and shimmies [...]
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lent 2010: beauty
While gazing around our new church’s sanctuary a couple weeks ago, I was overwhelmed with emotion and awe. Each stained glass window represented a piece of the story in our Christian journey. Each pictorial tile on the floor held some significance. Even the color of the altar – blood red – was not without meaning. [...]
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lent 2010: deja vu?
Mama Monday Minis (or Missives, as the case may be) [Please note: Unable to download photos -- still having issues with Area Voices. For photo version, please go to Peace Garden Mama I at Blogger. The photos sort of tell the story best so it might be worth a gander...] The powers that be are finally [...]
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lent 2010: plunging to emerge
Among those who seek God, "…There is an incoming and outgoing tide of fellowship and solitariness." – T. Elton Trueblood I’m back before I thought I would be, here with a clarification on yesterday’s post. In that post, I’d talked about how I tend to hide away during Lent. I shared how a friend of mine was concerned [...]
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lent 2010: quiet
In the couple years I’ve been blogging, a pattern seems to have developed. During the season of Lent, I tend to go into hiding somewhat, and because it might be confusing to those who don’t have full access to what’s going on in my mind and soul, I felt it only fair to explain. Case [...]
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lent 2010: quiet
In the couple years I’ve been blogging, a pattern seems to have developed. During the season of Lent, I tend to go into hiding somewhat, and because it might be confusing to those who don’t have full access to what’s going on in my mind and soul, I felt it only fair to explain. Case [...]
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ash wednesday 2010: is giving up sweets for lent child’s play?
Warning: You’ve just entered a no-dessert zone! “When I was a child I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” 1 Corinthians 13:11 Is it childish to give up such things as dessert during Lent? Some Christians who [...]
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forum column (february 2010): the dating dilemma
Parenting Perspectives: Facing the dating dilemma: How early is too early? By: Roxane B. Salonen, The Forum It’s the month of love, a time when those whose hearts have been pitter-pattering for another are encouraged to manifest their feelings. It’s also a time for many parents to witness the reality of young love [...]
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sunday salonen shorties
Happy Valentine’s Day! Doesn’t this look a little like a heart? I think our cats are trying to send a Valentine’s Day wish to us. "Sunday Salonen Shorties" will replace "Mama Mondays" this week. * What they say. I’ll start with a Valentine-shaped kid quote. This one came in the middle of the night [...]
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