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September 25, 2013
by annie
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My Girl

I don’t know if y’all are aware of this, but the Barlow household recently welcomed, for the first time, ever, a girl into our family. She is a beautiful, graceful, polite, and loving girl with the most wonderful velvet ears. … Continue reading

September 22, 2013
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Grace…Always

“The Reformation was a time when men went blind, staggering drunk because they had discovered, in the dusty basement of late medievalism, a whole cellar full of fifteen-hundred-year-old, two-hundred proof Grace–bottle after bottle of pure distilate of Scripture, one sip … Continue reading

September 20, 2013
by annie
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17 Years

Allow me to set the scene. In a hospital, a hugely pregnant gal is getting an ultrasound after being in labor for many hours. Everything looks fine. The tired daddy-to-be says to the doctor, “Hey, while we’re looking, why don’t … Continue reading

September 15, 2013
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Exulting in Monotony

“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again”; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up … Continue reading