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Mar 28, 2024

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Cesspool of psychological filth & the redemptive hope of education 3/28/24

by Janet Hammer

I start my post today by comparing my achingly beautiful surroundings in our awesome Florida jungle with the ache of ugliness I perceive in this world  
 
It is drippingly humid. The birds are so happy and the sounds are muffled by the pervasive dampness. You can smell the plants and so…

Mar 26, 2024

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Hatching Escape Plans? - 3/26/24

by Janet Hammer

 

Do you know anyone with escape plans?
Lately I am hearing an ever increasing number of friends or sometimes more marginally connected acquaintances say they are hatching escape plans for the civil disruption ahead of us. What can they imagine ? What scenario can they concoct that will…

Mar 25, 2024

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I Ask Why! - 3/25/24

by Janet Hammer

 

171 Days 
Sunday….. Sam and I joined up with the Clearwater Florida  Walk for Their Lives group.  Every Sunday we meet locally in a public gathering calling for the release of all hostages held by hamas. We are one of 180 groups that gather and send our messages of hope and love …

Mar 10, 2024

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A Biblical Moment in the History of Israel - 3/10/24

by Janet Hammer

This is The Second War of Independence.
 
I have told you that right now Israel is fighting for survival, for the right to exist, for the future.
 
Remember 1948? That was the year of the first War of Independence. What ensued after October 7 is considered by many Israelis to be a kind…

Mar 8, 2024

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Love and creativity were killed - 3/8/24

by Janet Hammer

Today Sam and I are driving north to Chattanooga. It is 5:30 am and the roads are beginning to feel frenetic with commuters heading to work. Trucks steadily occupy the right lane. Things feel orderly and predictable in the early morning darkness. There still is no hint of the nearby sunrise.…