Great Big Beliefs in a Great Big God
At the onset of the pandemic a lot of people...a whole lot of people 'got' what I call a tea bag kind of religion. You can't see any sign...
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dnoblewrites
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
Please Pass the Memories...Kitchen Style
These days it seems we can't get through the day without hearing words like 'gender neutral', 'birthing person', and 'trans this or...
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dnoblewrites
- Jun 20, 2021
- 4 min
It's Not About Unfamiliar Walls
The year was 1987—July of 1987, to be exact. I buckled my two children into the car and headed back to Rolla to help Granny pack up her...
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dnoblewrites
- Jun 5, 2021
- 2 min
FAITH IS LIKE CHOCOLATE
You probably don’t remember the first time you tasted chocolate, do you? The first piece of chocolate to touch your lips probably came...
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dnoblewrites
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
Okay, So Maybe the Fog Truck Wasn't Such a Good Idea, But....
I am a child of the 60s--1960 to be exact. I was three years old when President Kennedy was assassinated, but I still remember my mom...
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dnoblewrites
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
SHOWING SHEEP
As a farm family, every summer found us participating in fairs. The work that went into getting ready for these fairs wasn’t easy, but...
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dnoblewrites
- Apr 24, 2021
- 3 min
Little Helping Hands and Great Big Loving Hearts
Who likes the movie, “Lady and the Tramp”? I do. Well, for the most part, anyway. I don’t like the cats. They’re creepy. I don’t like Peg...
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dnoblewrites
- Apr 11, 2021
- 3 min
Don't Use Serving God as an Excuse for not Being Like Jesus
In Jesus' parable about the Good Samaritan, we meet a Jewish priest and a Levite who took the same route to travel from Jerusalem to...
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dnoblewrites
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
Gray Not Look Good On Me
My daughter Elizabeth was less than two years old when she announced she wouldn't wear the color gray because in her words, "Gray not...
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dnoblewrites
- Feb 13, 2021
- 4 min
Church 101
I wrote two or three different drafts of this article before finally calling it good. It wasn't that I didn't know what I wanted it to...
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dnoblewrites
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
When is the Last Time You Told a Story?
After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had...
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dnoblewrites
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
I Wonder Who Is Going To Pray
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. ~Psalm 51:10 KJV The other day I was sitting on the couch with...
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dnoblewrites
- Jan 3, 2021
- 4 min
The Matter-of-Fact Parent
Over the past several years we’ve seen the rise and fall of several different styles of parenting. Permissive parenting, self-parenting,...
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dnoblewrites
- Dec 26, 2020
- 3 min
Now I Know Why They Call it a Masquerade Ball
A few months ago I was at a graveside funeral for my uncle. After the service was over, I was visiting with several members of my family....
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dnoblewrites
- Dec 12, 2020
- 3 min
Carolers NOT Wanted
It’s only natural during the Christmas season for us to reminisce about Christmases past. For me that means recalling many special...
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dnoblewrites
- Dec 7, 2020
- 2 min
Interesting Word, 'Infamy'....
Days of Indescribable Joy As I sit here typing on this 79th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, I can hear my Granny recounting...
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dnoblewrites
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
Wacky Like Nanna
This week Charlotte (our mini dachshund) and I are spending the week with two of our granddaughters--seven year-old Laney and five...
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