Janet Richey
DADS and DAUGHTERS
I accepted Christ as my personal savior at the inconceivably young age of six, mainly, because I wanted to please my dad. While anyone...
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Jeff Mason
- May 18
- 4 min
The Word on the Street - 5.18.2023
I have arranged my retirement with my employer for this fall. One morning you just wake up and know, Lord, it is time, like that poem by...
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Janet Richey
- Apr 27
- 3 min
"Just Say Yes!"
Dad had a propensity for hernias and kidney stones, which is probably why he was in the hospital the day he had THE dream. Standing...
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Jeff Mason
- Apr 20
- 5 min
The Word on the Street - 4.20.2023
The Chinese have 11 words for what we call “white” in English, or so I have heard. I was in China, once upon a time, but I didn’t get...
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Janet Richey
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Embracing the Journey ~Janet Richey
It is 10:30 on a Sunday morning and I am sitting at a red light that refuses to change colors. I just walked out of a church service,...
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Jeff Mason
- Mar 16
- 5 min
The Word on the Street - 3.16.2023
I should have known, from the twinkle in his eye, that Brian was messing with me! I had prayed with him a Saturday before that God would...
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Mike Bongo
- Mar 3
- 5 min
Hiding Behind Christian Clichés
1 Corinthians 15:58 says Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the...
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Jeff Mason
- Feb 21
- 5 min
The Word on the Street - 2.21.2023
Sometimes, it seems Satan is winning. There was a young lady, only 24 years old, who laid herself down in State Street at the corner of...
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Mike Bongo
- Feb 10
- 6 min
The Mirror of God's Law
God's standard for us to get to heaven is complete perfection. "For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is...
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Jeff Mason
- Jan 12
- 5 min
The Word on the Street - 1.12.2023
Chantel was only 29 years old and homeless. Always wearing sunglasses when she came to us on the corner of Church and State streets. I...
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Mike Bongo
- Dec 22, 2022
- 4 min
What about You? Are You New?
New Year’s Day! Another year is upon us! Today is the first day of 2023! It's also the first day of the month, and the first day of the...
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Jeff Mason
- Dec 16, 2022
- 5 min
The Word on the Street - 12.15.2022
“Isn’t it pretty to think so?” is the last line of Hemingway’s first novel, The Sun Also Rises. It would be pretty but untrue to say we...
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Mike Bongo
- Nov 30, 2022
- 5 min
Christmas: Jesus or Stuff?
The world has made a promise to us. Their promise is this: If you want to be happy, you need to have this! Whatever “this” is. More...
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Jeff Mason
- Nov 15, 2022
- 4 min
The Word on the Street - 11.15.2022
We found ourselves in a second hand store selling fleece pajamas before we left for Romania. There were six people in that freezing...
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Mike Bongo
- Nov 1, 2022
- 5 min
The Book of Life - Can Your Name be Blotted Out?
What is the book of life, and why is it so important? The book of life is...
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Jeff Mason
- Oct 25, 2022
- 5 min
The Word on the Street - 10.25.2022
I love this season of the year, not just because I was born in October. Just when one thinks nothing will ever change, all the leaves...
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Jeff Mason
- Oct 14, 2022
- 4 min
The Word on the Street - 10.14.2022
John, the Preacher Man, led us out into the middle of State Street to see the statues flanking the steps on the West Side of the Capitol...
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Jeff Mason
- Oct 4, 2022
- 4 min
The Word on the Street - 10.4.2022
On the first of October, the remnant of Ian, which had caused so much loss of life and damage and heartbreak to Florida, brought only...
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Jeff Mason
- Sep 21, 2022
- 4 min
The Word on the Street - 9.21.2022
It was wash day on the corner, though Monday is considered wash day according to English tradition. I admit, I got rather caught up this...
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Jeff Mason
- Sep 15, 2022
- 4 min
The Word on the Street - 9.15.2022
We were very glad to see Terry on the corner again today with her granddaughter Cissy and knowing Earl was at home with their grandson...
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