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Category Archives: General Commentary
The Prison Christians Have Built
Christians have built their own self-imposed prison. What is a prison? It is a place where the outside world is not available. It is a place where the leaders guard, feed, and direct the in-mates. It is a place rarely visited by outsiders. It is a place that is isolated from what is going on …
Access to Martha Nored’s Poems; Lynn Nored’s Essays; Comments on Facebook
Hello Facebook Friends: I now have a website, www.familynored.com . By accessing this website, you have access to the more than 1700 poems Martha Nored has written including the latest. We also give you access to the numerous essays I have written. The website serves as a conventional blog for short postings and comments from …
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You May Not Like This: Religious or Not
It is commonly thought by both those who are religious and those who are not that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training by our institutions is changing the minds and hearts of those being trained. That is the belief whether you are for or against it . Research by Elizabeth Levy Paluck of Princeton wrote in …
It’s That Time of Year
Hello Folks: No. winter is not over. For you gardeners, there are several things to be done now: Clean out beds, prune everything that needs pruning. If you fertilize, do it the last of this month on all shrubs, etc. Though a soil test is best, our soil needs nitrogen not anything else. Order and …
The Meaning of Christmas
If you look at our country today, you see major problems: high inflation, open borders, run away debt, energy and grocery prices” out the roof”, uncivil behavior, increasing division into “tribal enclaves”, political rancor and incompetence, deceasing religious observance. and belief in God. The solutions put forth are nihilist at their core (destroy everything and …
Martha Nored’s Christmas Poem
Christmas 2022 Amazing how quickly Christmas rolls around! Not so for the young ones— Long patience abounds! Looking for Santa— Excitement filled air, They cannot wait For Santa to share! Today my excitement Is hearing from friends. Time with our loved ones And cards that they send. Still, I’m amazed Year …
The Savior of the World
Christ is the Savior of the World: “So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world. But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons. …
Old Age Must Rely On Memories
There are some good things about old age. There are some sad things about old age. As you get older you see your mother, father, brothers and sisters age. Then, the door of eternity opens for many. Your best friends are no longer with you on this earth. No longer will we be able to …
Knowing How to Live
I was raised by my grandparents, Ed and Will Coffman. When my grandfather was about 80, he told me this: “Life is funny. If you just learn how to live, then it is time to die.” I am 81 and still learning.