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What do we do when we come to the end ourselves? – Rest & Sabbath, Part 2

I was outside this past weekend splitting firewood, and a very uncomfortable feeling came over me. The feeling was one part sick in the stomach and another part unsteadiness. I was afraid I was going to faint. I walked inside my house to get a drink of water, closed my eyes, and I saw aContinue reading “What do we do when we come to the end ourselves? – Rest & Sabbath, Part 2”

Playing sports on Sundays, and hunting, is now legal in PA – Rest & Sabbath, Part 1

The headline reads, “Bill that would end Sunday ban on football and baseball passes Pa. House.” Take a guess at what year that headline was published.  Believe it or not, 2022. The article goes on to report, “The state House passed a bill Monday [September 19, 2022] that would repeal a…law that makes it illegalContinue reading “Playing sports on Sundays, and hunting, is now legal in PA – Rest & Sabbath, Part 1”

My Amish neighbors and their nonstop leaf blowing – Sabbath, Preview

My Amish neighbors are out there with their loud leaf blower at all hours of the day, blowing every speck of rubbish.  Nearly every day. And their blower is loud.  Why?  They absolutely do not need to do that.  Yet they do. I love Lancaster County where I’ve lived all my life. But I haveContinue reading “My Amish neighbors and their nonstop leaf blowing – Sabbath, Preview”