Author: Randy Grathen
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Fifty Years in the Making
Story by Randy Grathen. There were so many God things that happened both in the years leading up to moving to Florida and with the actual buying of this home. I can’t begin to share them all here with you. I am not telling you this story to brag, but to share with you how Read more
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J P Lane – Purple Heart Recipient
Story by Justin Lane. JP is a double-amputee that was blown up by a 200lb IED in Afghanistan while on a route clearance mission. After losing both his legs and going through more than 25 surgeries, and so much more, JP decided he could use his story, perseverance, faith and never-give-up mindset to inspire and Read more
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Man-made Religion
Story by Scotty Gray. God’s word consistently makes references to “the body” – referring of course, to those who call ourselves Christians. Using that metaphor, we know a body, although one unit, is comprised of many unique parts, each with a specific purpose. Sadly, however, unlike the parts of a human body, where each part Read more
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Life Changing Yarn (Part 2)
Story by Laurie Grathen. (Editor’s note: if you didn’t read part 1 you can find it here.) As I was knitting it, as the colors worked up, the greens reminded me of prairie fields, the tans of beach sand, the blues of oceans and skies, and the purple of mountains majesty. And it occurred to Read more
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Life Changing Yarn (Part 1)
Story by Laurie Grathen. I don’t remember when or how I learned to knit and crochet. I do remember enjoying both though and being fascinated by (as Randy describes) being able to turn one big long string, into so many different, interesting, colorful, and useful things. This is not the actual afghan, but is similar. Read more
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Forgiveness
Story by Scotty Gray. One of the things that bothers me is how we humans have to dumb God down to be comfortable with our relationship. Satirist-philosopher, Voltaire, once quipped, “in the beginning God created man in his own image, and man has been trying to repay the favor ever since.” The problem that this Read more
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Angels Watching Over Us
Story by Randy Grathen. If you’ve ever owned a boat or travel trailer you’ll understand. When I retired from the Air Force, we left Folsom, California and took our 24-foot twin log pontoon with a 40 horse motor with us back to Wisconsin. Three years later we moved to the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Read more
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Just a Coincidence?
If you would like to hear the story click on the green Listen bar above. Story by: Randy Grathen. God knows the end from the beginning. He (Zacchaeus) ran ahead to a place where Jesus would come, and he climbed a sycamore tree so he could see him. When Jesus came to that place, he Read more
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Be Thankful You Were Not One of Jesus’s Chosen Twelve.
Story by Randy Grathen. Thank you, Tina Campbell & Jeremy Spring for your invaluable contribution to this story. No modern secular historian would challenge the fact that Jesus existed. He was a man, a preacher and teacher, claiming to be God incarnate, was crucified for those claims, was buried AND three days later his body Read more
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I Think I Made a Mistake.
Story by Scotty Gray. Many years ago, my friend Robin, was engaged to a man 6 years her senior, whom she dated for 2 years. She came to realize this would not be a marriage based on love. She spoke with her father about her concerns. “Dad, I think I made a mistake. I don’t Read more