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Explaining Grace
By
Linda G. Howard
In the past weeks, I’ve been going over some of the key words in our covenant relationship with God with the members of my community who are intellectually disabled. Perhaps one of the most important words we use is grace. Most of us have learned and maybe we even remember God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense…
The new mother
By
Linda G. Howard
I remember my husband, Frank, and I rushing to the hosptial. It was Christmas eve. I’d farmed out the other two children to willing neighbors in a pitch of fervor. Frank had refused to pick the name for a girl because he was convinced that this unplanned little one would be a boy. I…
The end of my world?
By
Linda G. Howard
Okay! I had to do this. But I have more reason to write about December 21, 2012 than most folks. It’s my birthday and it’s a big one. That is, it’s a big number. For many people, my age might even signal the end of the world. However, I don’t intend to go away today.…
A blank check
By
Linda G. Howard
Glenn McGruffie, the team manager for Veteran Services for Brevard County, Florida, signs his emails with this quote. “A veteran is someone who at one point in his or her life wrote a blank check made payable to ‘The United States of America’ for an amount of ‘up to and including my life.'” While this isn’t…
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