Journal
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1. My Mother Enid Collins
My mother, the famous handbag designer of the 1960’s would be 98 years old today. Her colorful jeweled totes and box bags were in every major department store in the country. She was my art teacher and inspiration in my own work, and it was her faith and the way she...
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The Determination to Serve
Matthew 20:28 …”the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” Service is usually thought of as doing something for others in a physical way. Preparing a meal for a family going through illness, or for a...
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Pig Will and Pig Won't
Teaching children about life is a big responsibility. We can teach them good and right ways to live, or teach them wrong ways. As I watch my little grandsons grow up I realize that they have to learn everything. They know nothing when they come into this world except how...
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My First Day of School
When my parents moved the handbag factory from the ranch to town a whole new world opened up for Cynthia and me. Prior to the move the shop was in the old house at the ranch. We came to town regularly in those days, but now Cynthia and I would...
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The Rub of Tolerance and Judgement, or Grace and Truth
“For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Matthew VII. 2. In Christian circles,the judge is often judged more harshly than the wrongdoer. In Tolstoy’s Resurrection the wealthy Russian prince Nekhlyudov at nineteen...
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San Pedro Del Norte, Nicaragua Part III
In the morning Sergio, who was to be the permanent missionary to San Pedro, came to pick us up. We were having breakfast so he sat and had coffee with us. He told us of a trip he made to Honduras on the northern border of Nicaragua. Sergio's story ...