Under God or Gone Under

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” - 2 Cor. 3:17

During this election year we are bombarded with information we are uncertain whether to believe. Many voters only care to hear about which politician will service their needs the most.
   Our economy is topsy-turvy with our national debt over $15 trillion and our beautiful Midwestern states find themselves fighting to keep their livestock and livelihood while battling the largest drought of over 50 years. California right now is fighting a massive forest fire.
   There is a battle going on all across our beloved country - a battle between Christianity and secularism, between believers and non-believers. “. . . against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Eph. 6:12)

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Strawberries and Sundays

Every July, the hills of northern Oakland County, Michigan come alive. The village of Leonard, where one blinking light at Rochester Road and Elmwood Street keeps you from missing this hundred year old town, starts to look more like a city. After more than 40 years of living here, I've never seen a traffic jam on Elmwood — except on that third Saturday in July.
   On that one day, it seems as if a traveling circus came to town. Overnight the street fill with tents, ponies, horses, fire trucks, inflatables and neighbors you haven’t seen since the last festival. There are all kinds of things to see, including my favorites - Spezia’s little bald piglets and the horses in the parade.

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