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March Missionary of the Month
The Vision "...to provide a Christian mentor to everyone who wants one." The Mission "Many kids are struggling. They are lost, confused,...
Janet Richey
Mar 123 min read
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Allow Me to Introduce You!
Situated on the 2500 block of North Front Street with a commanding view of the Susquehanna River, Morning Star Pregnancy Services is...
Janet Richey
Feb 205 min read
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Where Love Abides
Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip, was a master at capturing the human condition. The television special "A...
Janet Richey
Feb 143 min read
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An Amazing Journey
A Wretch Like Me…Once Was Lost. David, in Psalm 139:4, honored God with these words: " You know every step I will take before my...
Sherry Wilbert
Jan 318 min read
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A Reflection on Inaugurations
The past couple of days I have been thinking a great deal about the inauguration. The hoopla of the press, the expense, the whole thing....
Carol Apgar
Jan 222 min read
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The Puzzle Piece
December 31, 2024 I started this blog in the early morning of New Year's Eve Day, thinking about the Gratitude Jar lurking behind my...
Janet Richey
Jan 33 min read
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Of Loss and Legacies
Suzie Richey (Han Pun Cho) at Osan Air Base, Korea somtime around 1957-1960 Born during the Japanese occupation in Korea, my...
Janet Richey
Dec 20, 20246 min read
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Every Knee Will Bow
It was May 2023 when my husband, Dave and I were mulching around the shrubbery at our home when I first felt the “twinge”. With each...
Carol Apgar
Dec 12, 20243 min read
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Prioritize Joy
As we sail into the 2024 holiday season, whether it’s to buy a tree stand or haul away a broken appliance, setting priorities is...
Sherry Wilbert
Dec 4, 20244 min read
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You Are Not a Superhero
This is such an appropriate passage for Christmas time. As we enter into the month of December, now is when we begin to fill up our days...
Mike Bongo
Dec 1, 20243 min read
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Who Rearranged the Furniture?
In the dark, early hours of Christmas Eve 2017, I grabbed my laptop and the largest mug of coffee I could cram in a cupholder and drove...
Janet Richey
Nov 20, 20244 min read
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Whatever is True
It was the first not-rainy day in ten that a group of 76 women, mostly connected to Living Water Community Church, gathered for a...
Janet Richey
Oct 11, 20243 min read
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Goodnight, Alaska
Dear Alaska, It’s been roughly 75 days since I walked out of your life and into the one waiting for me back home. There isn’t a day since...
Janet Richey
Sep 4, 20243 min read
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Homeward Bound
On Friday, June 14, at 10:55 a.m., we left Wrangell Mountain Bible Conference Center with all the ceremony of pulling out of a Walmart...
Janet Richey
Jul 12, 20244 min read
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If I Had a Hammer...Or an Impact Driver
What Were You Doing Up There? While Ron and Jean Paull have served the community through Copper Center Community Chapel for four years,...
Janet Richey
Jun 28, 20243 min read
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Time To Build An Ark?
June 13, 2024, Morning Reflection The rain does not end. I am, by nature, an early riser. And, as it turns out, so are most of the men on...
Janet Richey
Jun 19, 20245 min read
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Miracles and Wonders
June 12, 2024 It is 6:54 AM, and I am sitting here with Lee, Mel, Jim, and Jason while Cheryl is working in the kitchen, whipping up a...
Janet Richey
Jun 12, 20244 min read
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The Lord's Day and Visiting a Man-Made Environmental Disaster
I have lost countless brain cells, mindlessly scrolling through social media, and Copper Center, Alaska, has imposed a fluctuating ban on...
Janet Richey
Jun 11, 20243 min read
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Lord, I'll Go! Send Me!
It is currently 52 degrees in Copper Center, and the buzzing of mosquitos sounds like a Honda motorcycle flying down the highway. Welcome...
Janet Richey
Jun 10, 20245 min read
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If Not Us, Then Who?
Happy Birthday, Daniel. There is no getting around this. I went to bed wondering what I had gotten myself into, and it wasn’t for the...
Janet Richey
Jun 8, 20244 min read
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