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Monday October 20, 2025 – What is the flavor of your fruit?

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Galatians 5:22-23   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. I grew up in southwestern Michigan which is an area that has been known … Continue reading →

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Friday August 29, 2025 – The Old Testament and the Southern Magnolia tree

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Psalm 119:130  The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. An interesting insight occurred to me recently.  It connects the Old Testament to Southern Magnolia trees.  In this insight, the attributes of the tree are reflective … Continue reading →

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Sunday May 4, 2025 – Afghanistan’s red and white stones

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Proverbs 4:6a  Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; In the summer of 2007 I got to spend a month in Afghanistan.  Among other things, the organization I was with had medical centers and community centers out in … Continue reading →

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Tuesday April 1, 2025 – Brown, black and gray…

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Proverbs 20:12  Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both. Opportunities – they surround us each and every day.  How many righteous opportunities do we miss because we don’t perceive them?  How many unrighteous ones … Continue reading →

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Sunday March 2, 2025 – The important lesson from our white and pink dogwood tree

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Don Schmidt

James 1:27  Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. I would like us to focus on … Continue reading →

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Saturday December 14, 2024 – “Why not?” – The ‘skunk factor’ is real!

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Don Schmidt

1 John 3:3  Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure. “Why not?” – and the ‘skunk factor’! This is another question that we might frequently ask or hear asked of us.  It is … Continue reading →

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