But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:
and be ready always to give an answer
to every man that asketh you
a reason of the hope that is in you
with meekness and fear.

— 1 Peter 3:15

One of our favorite neighbors, Jerome Given, passed away recently after a life very well-lived.…

And was transfigured before them:
and his face did shine as the sun,
and his raiment was white as the light.

— Matthew 17:2

A boy was walking along the Interstate because he had heard that his friend had been in a car accident down the road. Somehow, a speeding pickup truck slammed into him.

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A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

                                                                      — John 16:16

My friend’s father-in-law was a paratrooper. During World War II he landed at Normandy and won two Purple Hearts. He married, reared five children and worked hard.

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If a man vow a vow unto the Lord,
or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond;
he shall not break his word,
he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

— Numbers 30:2

They were the boys of Old Rockbrook.

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This then is the message
which we have heard of him,
and declare unto you,
that God is light,
and in him is no darkness at all.

— 1 John 1:5

You know how it is, around the one-year anniversary of the death of someone you dearly loved.

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