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Disaster
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Hope for Friends Impacted by Hurricane Idalia by James N. Watkins
(Faith September 1, 2023)
In a year of disasters, what next?…
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Circumstances, Life Events
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Comfort & Consolation
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Coping
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Crisis
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Disaster
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Faith
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Grace
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Hopes & Dreams
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Nature
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News
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Training
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Weather
Picture Dorian Gray by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons September 7, 2019)
Paying respect to the twisting winds of summer…
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Circumstances, Life Events
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Coping
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Disaster
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Nature
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News
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Seasons
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Weather
Rain, Rain, Go Away by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons May 31, 2015)
A prayer for Texans in need of Noah's ark…
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Disaster
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Prayer
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Weather
Waiting for the Rising Sun by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons March 20, 2011)
While trusting in God's only Son…
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Current Events, News
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Disaster
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Nature
Christchurch and Christ's Church by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons February 27, 2011)
Exploring the aftershocks in both…
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Change
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Disaster
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Nature
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Religion
Katrina Remembered by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons August 29, 2010)
Fifth anniversary reflections…
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Compassion
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Disaster
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Nature
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Service
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Tribute, Testimony
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Weather
Faith, Religion & Spirituality
2 records found
Recalling a Somber Anniversary by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons April 13, 2024)
An antique book of the hymn played as the Titanic was sinking…
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Faith
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Grace
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History
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Music
Help, Lord, the World is Upside Down! by Stu Johnson
(My World November 10, 2017)
Keeping perspective when nothing seems right in the world…
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Bible
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Coping
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Crisis
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Disaster
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Faith
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God
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Loss & Grieving
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Social Issues
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Tragedy
Government & Politics
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The Week We Drifted Down the Niagra River by Garrison Keillor
(My World July 11, 2024)
I am grateful, at 82, to have seen a great period of American history, of advances in science and technology and the idea of equality under the law, a heroic age when 'all men are created equal'…
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Civility
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Contemplation, Insight
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Current Events, News
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Disaster
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History
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News
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Politics
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Social Issues
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Social Unrest, Division
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Voting & Elections
Health & Wellness
1 record found
Dementia Rethought by Dan Seagren
(Senior Moments January 28, 2007)
Memory loss is not, and I repeat, is not a phenomenon belonging only to seniors.…
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Health Care
History
2 records found
Don't Forget 9/11 by Dan Seagren
(Senior Moments September 4, 2021)
Lessons from ancient history can inform how we view our own history…
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Disaster
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Faith
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History
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Memories
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Terrorism
Beware of Icebergs by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons April 15, 2012)
A tragedy of Titanic proportions…
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Birthdays & Annivesaries
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Disaster
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History
Holidays
2 records found
The Twelvth Day of Christmas by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons January 5, 2023)
On the eve of Epiphany there are a multitude of sounds to consider…
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Christmas
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COVID-19
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Current Events, News
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Disaster
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Faith
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History
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Holidays
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Holiday Season
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Hopes & Dreams
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News
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Politics
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Popular Culture
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Prayer
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Weather
2020 Hindsight by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons January 1, 2021)
Looking back and looking forward…
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Coping
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COVID-19
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Crime, Justice, Punishment
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Disaster
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Disease
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Faith
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Holidays
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Holiday Season
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Hopes & Dreams
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New Year's
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Racism and Inequality
Inspiration
1 record found
The 33 Movie by Rusty Wright
(Arts & Entertainment November 13, 2015)
The story of the 33 miners trapped deep a Chilean mine, the prayer- and tension-filled struggle for survival and the miraculous rescue after 69 days underground…
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Disaster
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Drama
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Faith
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Inspiration
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Movies
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Prayer
Life Events
1 record found
Canada is Burning, But We're Doing Okay by Garrison Keillor
(My World July 13, 2023)
And so I set aside the past and retreat into the present and take pleasure in the morning coffee, the granola with berries, the appearance of She Whom I Love . . . there is serenity to be found and freedom from the vast treasury of available anxiety.
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Change
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Circumstances, Life Events
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Contemplation, Insight
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Contentment, Satsifaction
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Disaster
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News
News & Current Events
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Escaping from Gaza by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons January 12, 2024)
The Biblical story of the Flight into Egypt revisited in terms of current events…
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Bible
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Current Events, News
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Disaster
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Faith
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History
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News
A Lesson from the Banyan Tree by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons August 19, 2023)
The famous banyan tree in Lahaina, Maui still stands following the wildfires…
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Disaster
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Faith
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Nature
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News
COVID-19 Perspectives for February 2023 by Stu Johnson
(Hobbies & Lesiure March 10, 2023)
February 2023 marks the three-year point in the COVID-19 pandemic, as long as 1918, but will it be as disastrous, and will it finally transitio to an endemic in year four&hellip'
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COVID-19
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Crisis
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Dying and Death
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News
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Trends
COVID-19 Perspectives for April 2022 by Stu Johnson
(Health & Wellness May 21, 2022)
As more Asian countries face COVID surges, most of us in America know of or are part of the surge in breakthrough infections among the vaccinated, with mild symptoms and very low hospitalizations and deaths. …
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COVID-19
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Crisis
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History
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News
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Trends
Weather by The Book by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Rhymes & Reasons July 17, 2021)
What the Bible has to say about our climate (and so much more)…
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Bible
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Change
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Disaster
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Faith
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Nature
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Science & Technology
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Trends
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Weather
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Relationships
1 record found
Grace by George Garrison
(Faith July 17, 2020)
The believer's gift to a Covid-crazed world…
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Character, Integrity
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Civility
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COVID-19
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Current Events, News
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Disaster
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Disease
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Faith
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God
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Grace
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Inspiration
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News
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Relationships
Tragedy
1 record found
Responding to Disasters: What You Should and Shouldn't Say by Bill Nichols
(Faith February 21, 2016)
Helping victims of disaster cope with the loss and questions…
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Christian Life
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Coping
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Disaster
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Relationships
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Tragedy