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  • Feb 6th, 2018

    Parable of the Earbuds - Carrie Roark

    “I can’t do it!” my daughter cried for the seventeenth time in 5 minutes. My daughter, 12 years old, was having a panic attack about her upcoming science fair presentation because she seriously dreaded having to orally present her project to the judges. As I was helping her prep for the ...

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  • Feb 1st, 2018

    #StateoftheUnion - Carrie Roark

    It is the time of year for the State of the Union Address to be given by the President according to the Constitution. This speech is designed for the President to communicate to the Congress the administration’s view of the state of the nation. It is a healthy practice ...

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  • Jan 10th, 2018

    What's Good for the Goose -Carrie Roark

    Have you ever watched a goose walk? It’s not exactly graceful. In fact, it’s kind of awkward. It’s like, lean right...lean left...now don’t tip over. Their gate is slow and painstaking. But do you imagine one goose ever leaned over to another goose and ...

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  • Jan 2nd, 2018

    Do Not Withhold Good - Carrie Roark

    Are you good to yourself? I know you are good to your spouse. You iron his shirts for the business trip even though you have the flu. I know you are good to your kids. You take them and their friends to the park even though you have chores to ...

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  • Dec 21st, 2017

    Time Keeps on Slippin' -Bradley Roark

    Time is precious! Actually...it is the most precious resource you have. You can waste a dollar then make another one; but waste a minute and it is gone forever. “Time keeps slippin, slippin, slippin into the future,” as Steve Miller so eloquently put it. There is no practice, and ...

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  • Dec 14th, 2017

    Discovering the Messiah -Carrie Roark

    For thousands of years, God’s people suffered and struggled. The Old Testament chronicles the long fall of mankind from the breast of God down to the pits of Hell. From the day the gate to the garden closed, humanity suffered the consequences of the choice to sin. And from ...

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  • Nov 1st, 2017

    Bullies -Carrie Roark

    “Stupid!” “Ugly!” “You suck!” “Who do you think you are?” “You’re just selfish!” “I can’t stand you.” “I can’t even look at you.” “You’re too fat.”It’s hard to imagine anyone being so overtly cruel. Yet, I hear these words every day. No, really. I ...

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  • Oct 21st, 2017

    Say It Ain't So! -Carrie Roark

    Every year, our church puts on a cute Christmas program. So, 3 years ago when Asher was 4, we were at the service. Now, he wasn't used to being in the "big" service since he was usually with the kids. But this was a family event, so we were all in it ...

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  • Oct 15th, 2017

    For the Lives Your Absence Touches -Carrie Roark

    Pregnancy loss effects the entire family. It is much more than merely a lost pregnancy. It is a lost child, a lost sibling, a lost grand-child, etc. Here's to the losses many of us have endured and the lives those absences have touched.

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