Category Archives: Window on our culture

Let Your Light Shine (Friday)

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Shirlee Abbott

I was fortunate to work with Dr. John S. Madara. He was an old-school general practitioner, a shining ray of medical and spiritual wisdom. It wasn’t unusual for someone to grasp his hand and say, “I’ll never forget what you did for … Continue reading →

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Let Your Light Shine (Thursday)

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Shirlee Abbott

God says Let your light shine at the oddest moments. God: See that car? Let her into traffic. Help him pick up the coins he dropped. Let them go through the check-out line first. I expected a bigger assignment. I’m … Continue reading →

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Let Your Light Shine (Wednesday)

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Shirlee Abbott

“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining–they just shine.” D. L. Moody (1837-1899) Mr. Moody … Continue reading →

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Let Your Light Shine (Tuesday)

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Shirlee Abbott

Matthew 5:14 (ESV) You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Don’t hide your light. And don’t try to rearrange it a la Daylight Savings Time. Don’t save up all … Continue reading →

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Let the Light Shine (Monday)

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Shirlee Abbott

Take an hour from front end of the day, tack it on the back end and call it daylight savings. Does that make any sense? Does it have to make sense for me to like it? I hate spring forward, but fall … Continue reading →

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I Pledge Thee My Troth (Friday)

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Shirlee Abbott

I am thankful for a husband who keeps his pledge–faithful to me, faithful to God. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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I Pledge Thee My Troth (Thursday)

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Shirlee Abbott

I try to have a conversation with God about my marriage. I’m annoyed with my husband, and I want to tell God how righteous I am and how unreasonable my husband is. Instead, God reveals to me my failure to honor Him: … Continue reading →

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I Pledge Thee My Troth (Tuesday)

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Shirlee Abbott

Here’s Ann Landers’ take on our topic: “Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.” I’ll take the proximity and predictability of tranquil sunsets over the fleeting excitement … Continue reading →

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I Pledge Thee My Troth (Monday)

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Shirlee Abbott

Those traditional wedding vows, I pledge thee my troth and till death do us part, sound old-fashioned. Is monogamy passé? Nobody expects that anymore It’s the way I live, and I like it One at a time … Continue reading →

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A Call to Intercede (Friday)

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Shirlee Abbott

A noble goal from a founding father: “Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with the most security for the preservation of a … Continue reading →

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