Karen Allen

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The Model Of Christianity

Before I joined the ranks of the retired, I was among the 115 million people in the U.S. (2016) who…

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To Mask or Not to Mask (by guest Dr. David Luellen)

Now that many of us have taken advantage of the COVID vaccine, it feels like we can take a deep…

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WHAT’S YOUR WORD?

I stopped making resolutions years ago. Instead, I decided to adopt a word or phrase with an accompanying scripture passage….

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BLUE-GRAY DAYS (BY GUEST DAVID BENNETT)

If the first weeks of the New Year were a color they would be blue-gray — at least where I…

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHRISTMAS

“You are the most of every situation.†I laughed when I read the fortune. Indeed I had been “the most 

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MY FAVORITE THINGS

The mellow sound of a cello accompanied by a soft piano, the taste of my husband’s perfectly seasoned smoked ribs,…

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