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Here's our older son, Sam, singing at Lancaster Baptist Church last Sunday night. He's the bass on the far right, who sings the first verse. Also in the quartet, left to right, are Peter Mordh, Ben Erickson, John Tyler. Hope it's a blessing to you!

Good Monday morning! Joining in with Barbara for The Week in Words . The Lord blessed me with a couple of thoughts during my devotions this morning, and those are what I'll share with you today. First, from F.B. Meyer's devotional: "Do not try to do a great thing, or you may waste all your life waiting for the opportunity which may never come. But since little things are always claiming your attention, do them as they come from a great motive, for the glory of God and to do good to men. No such action, no matter how trivial, goes without the swift recognition and the ultimate recompense of Christ."  and . . . "Dare to be yourself -- a simple, humble, sincere follower of Jesus, and it may be said also of you: "He or she did no miracle, but by life and word spoke true things about Jesus Christ, whcih we have tested for ourselves. Indeed, they led us to believe in Christ for ourselves." From This Day's Thought last Thursday: From the greate...

  Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week  inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, blog, Facebook — anything that you read . More information is here . I'm jumping back in with Barbara's The Week in Words weekly meme! As usual, I have a couple of quotes from friends' Facebook pages. I love having friends who have the depth of character to post more than just trivial things to their status updates! A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ~~ Charles Spurgeon  I recently read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , and one of the exercises in the book has you imagine your own funeral, decide how you want...