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It Can Get Really Cold in Minnesota
by Garrison Keillor
(Dec 19, 2024)
The cold has drawn us together as mammals. They know that I used to live here and then moved to New York, but they're in a forgiving mood because here I am suffering with them…
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(Dec 14, 2024)
A poignant scene from It’s a Wonderful Life is one we understand…
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Nonetheless, I like New York. I’m glad to be done with lawn mowing and snow shoveling. We live two blocks from the subway where the downtown train will take me to the main library or Lincoln Center or lunch in the Village…
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(Dec 7, 2024)
A framed calligraphy in a local thrift store provided a definition of redemption…
So What Are We to Do Now?
by Garrison Keillor
(Dec 5, 2024)
I enjoy the New York Times and I love it all the more now that I see it has practically no power at all.…
Walking to Church on a Cold Day
by Garrison Keillor
(Nov 28, 2024)
We live in troubled times but perhaps there needs to be a time-out from trouble and maybe I'll make it Sunday. Put the worries of this life aside…
The Lyrics of Gratitude
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 28, 2024)
Thoughts inspired by the familiar lyrics of hymns and songs of the Thanksgiving season…
Sheltering in Grace
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 23, 2024)
Thoughts from Greg's book providing 'Thoughtful Insights in Uncertain Times.…
Thanks for What?
by James N. Watkins
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If you find yourself a bit down at Thanksgiving, Jim has some thoughts to put the holiday in perspective. First appeared in 2000..
Thank You for Reading This
by Garrison Keillor
(Nov 21, 2024)
So many blessings, and I haven't even mentioned friendship, sunsets, public transportation, Christian hymnody, baseball, hearing aids, the steady thoughtful leadership of my wife, trees, parks, rivers, the prairie, sonnets, Google, and cranberries…
From Heartbreak to a Timeless Hymn
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 16, 2024)
The storms of life have birthed many beloved hymns…
Thanksgiving Turkey Trivia
by James N. Watkins
(Nov 15, 2024)
Do you have nothing better to do with your time than to read worthless trivia? Then, you'll be enriched by our educational special report on Melgris Gallopavos…
A Good Weekend in Georgia
by Garrison Keillor
(Nov 14, 2024)
I'm grateful that, as a kid, I got to experience 'visiting,' when the family got in the car and dropped in at someone's house and sat around and visited…
Your House Versus the White House
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 9, 2024)
Who you are, how you think, what you say, how you act and how you react will have a far more lasting impact eon our nation than the temporary inhabitants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue…
Happiness and the Price of Groceries
by Garrison Keillor
(Nov 7, 2024)
love mac and cheese because I loved grade school back in the Fifties and that’s what Mabel served in the Benson School cafeteria…
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Movie
by Rusty Wright
(Nov 4, 2024)
Humor with meaning…
Everyday is Like Sunday
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 2, 2024)
This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice! Psalm 118:24
What It's All About, I Think
by Garrison Keillor
(Oct 31, 2024)
It's a revolt by Middle America against the coasts, old against young, commoners against college, evangelicals against agnostics, McDonald's against pad thai…
Let's Hear it for Bridges
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Oct 26, 2024)
A floating bridge connects Mercer Island to downtown Seattle…
My Life Story (Short Version)
by Garrison Keillor
(Oct 24, 2024)
I performed at Goshen College and got the audience to sing 'It Is Well with My Soul' and suddenly it was better with my soul than it had been in a long time. I have canoed in the Boundary Waters wilderness and slept on a beach and listened to the loons&he
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