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Make your chapters count
BY DAWN REED On page 1955 in my Life Application Study Bible, something wonderful happened. Well, “wonderful” might not be the right word. “Important” is probably better. Acts, chapters 2 and 4, state that the number of believers was growing. Daily. First, 3,000 were saved, then the number of men grew to about 5,000. By…
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Driving through the storm
A few weeks ago, after two good days in Bowling Green with some lovely ministers’ wives, it was time to head home. Storm warnings had me leaving earlier than expected. Those Bowling Green-ers watch the weather like crazy. And for good reason. Severe weather, including tornadoes and hail, was forecast. It happened just like they…
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Telling the Story: The cords of death
BY DAWN REED It was a scene I won’t soon forget. Last Friday evening was our Vacation Bible School pool party. Two-year-old Ryder* was in the kiddie swimming pool. I was standing with his mom at the edge. She never took her eyes off her boy. “Are you having a good time?” I had just…
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Telling the Story: Pondering VBS
BY DAWN REED A sip of strawberry Kool-Aid can take me back in time faster than the DeLorean in the Back to the Future movie. One taste puts me right on the creek bank behind First Baptist Church of Belfry during Vacation Bible School in the 1970s. Back then, we lined up outside the church…
