Author: Randy Grathen
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Family of The Month – Part Five.
Can’t Work on Sundays, – time to rebuild. Story by Randy Grathen. Laurie and I met Mike when we moved to the Lake of the Ozarks in October 1998. The one and only time Mike ran a Handyman for Hire ad in the local newspaper, the owner of the house we were renting hired Mike Read more
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Family of The Month – Part Four.
God is a God of “Just in time.” Story by Randy Grathen. God’s Perfect Timing: When the people who took us in the night of the storm; (read about them in Part Three here in, “We Know Where Our Treasures Lie.”) brought us back to the house the next morning, it was the first time Read more
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Family of The Month – Part Three.
We Know Where Our Treasures Lie. Story by Randy Grathen. We Know Where Our Treasures Lie: In May of 2003 in Camdenton, Missouri my wife Laurie and I survived a tornado that destroyed our home while we were in it. That “tragedy” was the catalyst to discovering so many amazing and wonderful lessons about life Read more
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Family of the Month – Part Two.
God Knew we’d need it. Story by Randy Grathen. When I came home from work each night, I put my wallet and car keys in a drawer of our China cabinet as I came in from the garage. Likewise, Laurie put her purse on a little table next to the door. When the tornado hit, Read more
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Miracle on Midway
Click on the green Listen bar above if you want the story read to you. Story by Randy Grathen. While stationed on the Island of Guam I was sent on a temporary duty assignment to Midway Island the northern most landmass in the Hawaiian Island chain, 2,600 miles East of Guam or 2,800 miles West of San Read more
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Family of the Month – Part One.
Everything was gone but we survived. Story by Randy Grathen. The small church my wife Laurie and I attended in Camdenton, Missouri announced one Sunday that they were starting a “Family of the Month” ministry. Each month a family would be selected, and members of the church would volunteer to do maintenance, mow the lawn, Read more
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The Bible is Like a Botanical Garden
Click on the green Listen bar above if you want the story read to you. Story by Randy Grathen. I ‘ve been told that when you read the bible the goal isn’t to see how fast you can get through it. Some people subscribe to the “read-the-bible-in-a-year” program, basically a foot race to the Revelation Read more