Posted on October 3, 2009 by seriouswhimsey
At this very moment, there is a critical need for prayer for the safety of our troops in Afghanistan. Whether or not you feel we should be there is not the issue. God is waiting for us to cry out to Him for HIS intervention. He knows what needs to happen and it needs to happen [...]
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Posted on July 23, 2009 by seriouswhimsey
“Bruchko” – This is one of my all-time, lifetime favorite books. The true story of what happens when a sold-out-to-God teenage boy – a nerd – heads into the South American jungles to find an elusive and murderous indigenous tribe.
Author: Bruce Olson Publisher: Creation House
You’re welcome. (I know you’ll like it so I’m just sayin’…)
NOTE added [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2009 by seriouswhimsey
A bad education will teach you what to think.
A good education will teach you how to think.
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Posted on March 9, 2009 by seriouswhimsey
George Gallop asserts, “The churches of America face no greater challenge in this century
than overcoming Biblical illiteracy.”
Judges 17:6 “In those days…every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”
Only three days after taking office, President Barack Obama struck down the Bush administration’s ban on giving federal money [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2009 by seriouswhimsey
Today, we need to look at love of country. The United States of America is at a critical crossroads and it’s time for us citizens to speak up. Rather than me saying more, please go here:
Shell In Your Pocket
The future of our country, as we have known it, is at stake. We cannot sit [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2009 by seriouswhimsey
Just in case DM from I Also Live on a Farm is looking, yes, I admit I – ahem – “borrowed” this photo from your blog. How else was I gonna keep it a secret from Winston? See, I needed a visual to entice readers.
Okay y’all, you remember Winston, right? Friday Feature (((If you don’t [...]
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Posted on February 3, 2009 by seriouswhimsey
Like crocuses peeking through snow, spring seed catalogs start poking from our mail boxes about this time of year. They’re a welcome reminder in mid-winter that spring is coming and it’s time to choose our seeds.
When I was a little girl, the arrival of those seed catalogs signaled another exciting event. Making Valentines! [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2009 by seriouswhimsey
It was a brutal winter; our first, living in the country. (Somewhere we still have a photo stashed away from back then, showing our outdoor thermometer registering nearly forty below zero, Fahrenheit). There was snow, snow, and more snow. For a month, because of broken underground pipes to our well, we were without running water. [...]
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