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DOUBTLESS one of the most trusting shopkeepers in the area if not the country is making a return, albeit sporadically as he’ll be commuting from…

Second week of Advent theme—Money Wednesday, Dec. 8   REFLECT What do we worship? The Gospel of Matthew warns us, "For where your t...

5 Books That Can Help You Achieve Balance in Life as Per JC Hite 5 Books That Can Help You Achieve Balance in Life as Per JC Hite January 29, 2021 We live in a fast-paced world. Thanks to the rise of the internet, things keep speeding up. It can be difficult to find a good balance in life, but entrepreneur JC Hite has some advice for that. A voracious reader, JC feels that turning to books can help people strike that balance. JC shares that he goes through roughly 52 books a year. Here are five...

Day 23: Monday, Dec. 21   REFLECT "The abundance to which Jesus pointed was explicitly not the abundance of possessions. It was the abundance of the restored relationship , the God-relationship. It was the freedom to enjoy the community– the giving-and-receiving relationship with one another for which we were created." -William Gibson, Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective  "Our lack of intimacy with each other is in direct proportion to our lack of intimacy with the ...

- Lanza del Vasto  "We all eat. What we eat, where it comes from, and the process of obtaining it all leave their impact on us and on the earth. … In the US our food travels an average of 1,200 miles before it reaches our home." - James T. Mulligan, "The Great Hunter-Gatherer Continuum" from Simpler Living, Compassionate Life In terms of consumption, food is the most common item, and arguably the most important, that we buy and use. However, many of us have become disconnected from the land...