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Reve’ Krengel

Reve' Krengel of Good Thunder is sponsoring a Half Day of broadcasting today in honor of Armed Forces Day. Reve' is also sponsoring today in memory of her husband, Jerome Krengel, who was a veteran; in honor of Luke, who was in the Air Force…

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Be Thou My Vision

I've been wearing reading glasses (a.k.a. "cheaters") for about 20 years now. It's not a big deal, and despite having a pair in virtually every room in my house and occasionally searching everywhere for that "lost" pair only…

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The Not-Really-Conflicted Conflict

Mid-May has always been a time of some conflict for me. On the one hand, I've long adhered to May 15 as the first safe date for planting the garden. As long as I can remember planting a garden in Minnesota, I've never…

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National Day of Prayer

"I suppose the only thing we can do now is pray." For many people, Christians included, prayer is often seen as the last resort, the thing we do when nothing else works, when all other hope is exhausted. But, that…

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How to Win an Argument

All across the internet, people are having arguments. It's like the new national sport. And it's so easy to get sucked into these debates and try to "win." A friend of mine recently posted a meme with…

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My Struggle with Christian Hedonism

I recently came across the words, "Christian hedonism" online and I kind of cringed. The dictionary definition of "hedonism" is "the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence." At its heart, the word means sensual,…