The Last Straw

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Perhaps you know the old proverb:  It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.  It is an odd idea that with each bit of straw – each weighting…

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An Old Story Newly Told

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Jesus taught in parables – a story with layered messages, a story that attempts to reveal contradictions as well as weaken the status quo.[1]  Perhaps one of his main messages…

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Making Do

In early 1931, as the Great Depression was moving into the lives of our ancestors, George and Olive Denyes, my grandparents, adopted a six-month old who would become my father. …

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