This is a poem I wrote years ago when Jesus touched deep in my emotions. It was a hard time but it gave me a huge experience with getting rid of bad memories in my life. I was broken and ruined insidelike a clay pot, shatteredthere were a lot of pieces on the floorI tried […]
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Haunting DOTS
Halloween was… different this year. We had excellent weather, and everything was finally open. Also, since when does Halloween fall on a Sunday. We did all kinds of fun stuff over the weekend. So, Sunday night we decided to go to Hauntstreet. These wonderful Jesus followers host the best home Haunted walk through in Mesa, […]
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The Secret Power in Weakness
… To keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud. Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” […]
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Pray and Keep Going
I was delighted and honored to be asked to play the flute for my dear friend Margaret’s wedding to her wonderful new husband, John. The plan was for me to perform a selection of songs starting about ten minutes before the ceremony and continuing through the time when our pastor, the groom, and the groom’s […]
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A Humble Soul
In a humble soul, I asked God why my prayer wasn’t answered. He said, “Your mind is too slow to understand me, but I am trying to help you. There are two key concepts to understand how I answer prayers. One is the fulness of time and second is to reveal my greatest glory. The […]
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Unfinished Story
(cont. from October) Sharing more of my life’s journey would be easier if I hadn’t shredded all my journals. This mastication took place after a conversation with the English Department head. Upon telling him of the provision in my will ensuring my journals (very private writings) would be destroyed, he laughed out loud & said […]
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Talk To Us
Readers Input For our December Issue, we are looking for short anecdotes of family life. Tell us a short story of the good, the bad, the ugly. Editor@mavenite.media CJ & JC Answer Your Life Questions With assistance from a team of experts) What’s on your mind? All personal identification will be removed. Email: Editor@mavenite.media
View From Behind Light to the World.” I jotted that phrase down in my notes. Surely I would remember the significance, but I don’t. What led up to wanting to elaborate on being a light for others — what I was thinking? With this project in its infancy, I know the importance of having a […]
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News From Southern Africa
Ground Conditions Perhaps you heard fleeting news about the rioting, looting, and burning rocking the country of South Africa last month. Less likely, but still possible, you might have heard about the violent political protests and the ensuing brutal governmental response in the smaller country of Swatini. These events were much more than a blip […]
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Death, Violence, Chaos at Kabul Airport
August 26,2001 [Editor’s Note: although this is an older report, the information is still important] Twin suicide bombers (possibly ISIS-K terrorists) detonated bombs in the midst of crowds near the airport in Kabul Thursday (August 26) morning, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror. Early reports were that 22 were killed and 60 were […]
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