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Welcoming the Stranger Into Your Church
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS WELCOMING THE STRANGER INTO YOUR CHURCH NOTE: When I saw the September 8, 2014, WordPress prompt, Greetings-stranger, my first thought was welcoming strangers into the church....
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9/11: 13 Years Later—2014
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS 9/11: 2014, THIRTEEN YEARS LATER Today we pause to remember the 9/11/2001 events that altered so many aspects of the United States. My husband Monte and I live about 20 miles...
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Love-Apples, Tomato Blight & a Maine Ketchup Recipe
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS LOVE-APPLES, TOMATO BLIGHT & A MAINE KETCHUP RECIPE In most parts of New England, tomatoes were called “love-apples” and were shunned as being poisonous. Not so in my early...
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Autumn Leaf Masquerade Ball
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS AUTUMN LEAF MASQUERADE BALL Almost every time my husband and I travel to New England in the autumn I’m asked Are you going to leaf peep? I ask them back Why would I go to New...
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Tarantulas: Those Scary Creeping Things
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS TARANTULAS: THOSE SCARY CREEPING THINGS SCRIPTURE: Genesis 6:7 So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast,...
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Remembering Ellsworth & Lamoine, Maine
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS REMEMBERING ELLSWORTH AND LAMOINE, MAINE I’ve said this in previous writings: the most common question my husband Monte and I are asked about our autumn trips to New England is:...
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In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Malignant Fear
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS IN HONOR OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH: MALIGNANT FEAR Tamara D., Guest Writer* Speed Racing Heart Stomach dropped to the floor Breast smashed like a pancake Too late to run...
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Angel Rescues Traveler in Massachusetts
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS ANGEL RESCUES TRAVELER IN MASSACHUSETTS A Night Time Ride to Safety Along a Circuitous Path as Angel Rescues Traveler in Massachusetts (A Devotion) SCRIPTURE: Genesis 40:23, 41:9...
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Finite Creatures We Are
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS FINITE CREATURES WE ARE Cemetery in East Lamoine, Maine I’m eyeing the stone of Louis and Mary Googins des Isles, circa 1794-1825 Interesting this WordPress prompt, finite...
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Tie the Thread on My Finger
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS TIE THE THREAD ON MY FINGER! Remind Me SCRIPTURE: Genesis 41:9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharoah, “Today I am reminded of my shortcomings….” (NI) DISCUSSION: Finally,...
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Keeping One Colored Object in a Black & White World
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS KEEP ONE COLORED OBJECT IN AN OTHERWISE BLACK & WHITE WORLD I’m about to enter an imaginary world in which everything is devoid of color, akin to the early photography...
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International Friends Share Our Life Journey — Part 1
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS SHARE OUR LIFE JOURNEY Part 1 The following piece was written between July 1985 and summer 1988. It has been updated from then to include relationships to...
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Give Thanks for the Ordinary
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS GIVE THANKS FOR THE ORDINARY When the extraordinary becomes ordinary and the ordinary evolves into entitlement the need for giving thanks dissipates. When I first visited Kentuck...
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Best Laid Plans, Interrupted, Offer Opportunity
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS BEST LAID PLANS, INTERUPTED, OFFER OPPORTUNITY Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday … Giving Tuesday? OK, I was unaware of this. A...
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Gone Off My Christmas Card List—But Not Forgotten
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS “GONE” OFF MY CHRISTMAS CARD LIST—“BUT NOT FORGOTTEN” Note: This article is a cheat, as it combines two 2014 WordPress challenges: listing, and gone but not forgotten. ‘Tis the...
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Saving Beyond Necessity: A Question
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS SAVING BEYOND NECESSITY: A QUESTION SCRIPTURE: Genesis 41:34 (and Joseph instructed) Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt...
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International Friends Share Our Life Journey — Part 2
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS SHARE OUR LIFE JOURNEY Part 2 The following piece was written between July 1985 and summer 1988. It has been updated from then to include relationships to...
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Eight Maids-a-Milking from the Twelve Days of Christmas
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS EIGHT MAIDS-A-MILKING (Eighth Day of the Twelve Days of Christmas) Family Tradition Beatitudes Tradition. With various and frequent moves and the ordinary changes life brings...
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The 8 Maids-a-milking & the 8 Beatitudes
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS THE EIGHT MAIDS-A-MILKING AND THE EIGHT BEATITUDES We’re too blessed to be stressed…even in a holiday season. Eight maids-a-milking…the eighth gift in the song the Twelve Days of...
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Thy Wife Shall Bear Thee a Son
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS THY WIFE SHALL BEAR THEE A SON SCRIPTURE Genesis 21:2, 25:21, 30:22; Judges 13:2; 1 Samuel 1:19-20 21:2. For Sarah conceived,…. 25:21. And Isaac entreated the Lord for his...
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