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Telling the Story: Leaving a Mark
BY DAWN REED I love a good deal and I love markers. So, when there’s a good deal on markers, you can count me in. When I found Crayola Classic 10-pack markers on sale a while back, I snatched them up. Labeled “Preferred by Teachers,” I knew they would be just right for children’s church…
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Telling the Story: What I can do
By Dawn Reed Tuesday night, I went to sleep praying for the families in Uvalde, Texas. They had experienced their worst nightmare, losing their innocent little children in an unimaginable act of violence. My head hurt as I pondered their emotions. I checked the news first thing Wednesday morning to get an update. It was…
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Telling the Story: Be a kind human
DAWN REED “Blue” is the brown horse that lives at the mouth of our hollow. (“Holler” if you are from the mountains.) Everybody loves Blue-men, women, children of all ages. It’s not unusual to see little kids walking up our narrow road with carrots in hand, taking them to their favorite horse. Cars are often…
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Telling the Story: Rich Strike and David
DAWN REED My beloved and I make it a point to watch the Kentucky Derby every year. Our interest in the daylong pre-race ebbs and flows, but when the ponies go into the Paddock, we are front and center, holding our breath for the mile and a quarter race. Before the Derby, we each make…
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Telling the Story: Cleaning out the attic
DAWN REED When my beloved became a pastor in 1998, a box labeled “TOMMY AND DAWN’S MEMORIES” was gingerly and reverently carried from the attic of our old house to our new home: the parsonage of McVeigh Baptist Church. It was stored in the garage there for over five years. That treasure box was carted…
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Telling the Story: God can use broken things
BY DAWN REED It was a dumb move. I was carrying too much coming in from the back porch. A pillow was under one arm, coffee mug in one hand. In the other hand, I held my laptop. It was updating as it shut down, so I needed to keep it open. As I crossed…
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Telling the Story: Good news at Easter
BY DAWN REED It was the first time we had been to the jail since COVID. Two long years. Though we had prayed for them often, seeing the women face to face was what we had longed for. As we prepped for our first Bible study in 24 months, on Easter, it was easy to…
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Telling the Story: Remembering good things
BY DAWN REED When my family gets together, we love to reminisce. We get loud-really loud. Each of us tries to speak over the other, often interrupting to input their version of a story told countless times before. My nephew says we tell the same stories over and over. To that, I say, “So?” This…
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Telling the Story: From Mountain to Valley
BY DAWN REED Denzel was not wrong. The well-known actor counseled his friend Will Smith after the slap heard ‘round the world at the Oscars last Sunday night. Smith had marched on stage and unexpectedly socked presenter Chris Rock in the face after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife. Everyone watching was stunned. Later,…
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Telling the Story: Following the instructions
BY DAWN REED It was my first rodeo. A few years ago, I needed gum grafts. Dr. Leslie Horne and Beaumont Periodontics provided me with everything I needed to have a successful surgery. After the initial visit, a black folder filled with important information was placed in my hands. There were guidelines for everything: what…
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