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One morning last week, Garey stepped onto the back sidewalk to feed our outside cat, Blackjack, and after he put the food into the cat bowl, he stood up and hooted like an owl.  That afternoon, he opened his truck door, then slammed it shut…twice.  He didn’t put anything into or take anything out of the truck, he just opened the door then slammed it shut.  It’s turkey season, and hunting causes people to do weird stuff.

Some may be confused about the time frame of the Lord’s work for man. Some view Christ’s work as limited to the three years in the first century in which He lived in Palestine, taught people, then died on the cross, was buried, and resurrected on the third day. Limiting the Lord’s work in this manner is inaccurate. In truth, Christ’s work in saving man is three-fold, encompassing the past, present, and future. It truly spans time “from everlasting to everlasting.” How is this possible?

With warmer weather, my spring to-do list for the house and yard has grown. I want to complete most of the tasks by mid-June – before the daily temperatures soar. Stephen Covey advised: “Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.” So, throughout the next few weeks, I have written specific maintenance, minor renovation, and cleaning tasks on my calendar.

On Saturday, I took the birdhouse from its perch on the gate post that leads into my raised beds, so I could repaint it.  Garey was going by on the mower as I was loosening the screws that held it in place.

He stopped.

“I’m going to repaint this,” I said.

“There’s nothing to repaint,” he said.

He was right.  The birdhouse was in bad shape.  One side was crumbling from rot, the nails had mostly worked themselves loose, and it was basically falling apart.  If I had sneezed while trying to remove it from its home of seven years, it would have been no more.

Last week, we began a study of love in marriage. Specifically, we began studying what the Bible says about love from I Corinthians 13 and made applications to the marriage relationship. Why write about this subject and remind men and women of love in marriage? For one reason, it is because the Bible talks about such things. Indeed, this ought to be reason enough for the one who respects God’s word! Another reason for studying love in marriage, however, is because of all the practical lessons we learn from marriage. Consider the following:

Dear Editor,

As members of the Butler County community, it is our responsibility to take care of one another, especially those who are less fortunate. Sadly, many people in our county still face hunger and food insecurity on a daily basis, which is a crisis that cannot be ignored.

Thankfully, organizations like The Kitchen are working locally to combat hunger. However, they cannot do it alone. They rely on the support of volunteers and donors to keep their operations running smoothly.

Picture this, it’s 7 pm on a Sunday in 1985.  Knight Ridder is on NBC but Murder, She Wrote is about to start on CBS.  2/3 of American households will have to make an impossible choice: David Hasselhoff or Angela Lansbury, The remaining third will be

“The cats drug up a weird-looking mouse.  It’s on the sidewalk,” I said to Garey, one morning after I had narrowly avoided stepping on it.  

“Is it still there?” he asked.

“Yeah, it’s on the welcome mat,” I said.

Something that needs to be seen is the love expressed between a man and woman in marriage. Those who are not married will one day be the recipients and givers of such love, and they need to look at those currently married to see what it is like to love someone and live with them for the rest of their lives.

Back in the 1980’s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format known as the compact disc came with some compromises.  CD’s were smaller than vinyl record albums.  That meant the end of the 12-inch album cover and liner notes.  He told USA Today “listening to LP’s meant sitting with the album cover on your lap, appreciating the artwork and reading the story behind the music.  CD’s put an end to that practice.  But like many music lovers, I liked the convenience of the format and how startlingly clean the music sounded”, said Giles, a public relations professional who bought his first C