From the Home Place
A blog sharing insights, stories, and reflections on life from a Christian perspective.
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August 9, 2025 All day yesterday, we cut angles on heavy-duty steel roofing. Because of the steep angle, we can’t use a sheer, so each sheet has to be cut by hand. Between difficult cutting, climb back up the ladder, exact fitting each piece, climbing back down the ladder and starting the process again and…
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Here I sit at 4:30 a.m. on Friday, 8/8/25. I’ve read Scripture, I’ve prayed and now I write. Yesterday our friend Jeff helped us put in a new window on our ‘ol house. Oh, we had a plan: We were going to pop the window in right quick and then put a door in on…
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Today’s forecast is for 98 degrees, with wind and 14 percent humidity. Hot, dry and windy- the perfect recipe for quick spreading fires! A fire today is an extremely dangerous prospect. I awoke long before daylight; read Scripture, prayed and then decided to write. You see friends, these little notes that I write on a…
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One of the realities of getting older is knowing that I have seen more sunsets than I will ever see sunrises. Yesterday, I allowed my mind to take me on a “backwards” journey. I examined my life in ten-year increments. When I returned to sixty years ago, I saw a twelve-year-old, blond-haired boy who was…
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Good morning to all. It is another beautiful day here in Wyoming, another day of working around the home place. I have to admit, I really do enjoy working alone on most projects, but there are those times when help is required. You know, those times when you really need another set of hands, or…
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So far we have allowed the Lord to work on our inside, and on removing the excess layers. Today we will focus upon how our house looks from the curb – you know, curb appeal. Jesus stated, “Live your life in such a way so that others will see your good works and glorify your…
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After a Christian allows the Holy Spirit to do some serious remodeling on the inside, making the space livable and usable, it is then time to make sure that the remodeled inside is well protected from the outside. So, on our remodeling of this ‘ol house, we then went to work on the severely damaged…
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7/30/25 – We are in the process of refurbishing an old house. Probably not the smartest thing to do at our age, but we are knee deep in it now and can’t turn back. Not only has this project stretched our faith, it has also taught us much about faith. The first order of business…
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