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The Road Not Taken: A tribute to my father’s career choice
For the first 40 years of my life, I saw my father professionally as a dentist. Period.
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Minister’s Message: The way life will be
“Is this the way it was all meant to be? Is this what God had in mind when…
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Kenai’s Catholic Church hosts diaconate ordination
The event was attended by roughly 300 people, nearly a dozen priests and deacons and the archbishop of…
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The adventure continues
I rolled into Kenai for what was going to be just a three- to five-year adventure
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Bound and Determined: The Smith & Little Story — Part 2
On Dec. 19, 1947, Smith and Little had filed on adjoining homesteads
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Minister’s Message: Prioritizing prayer
I am thankful I can determine to pray about choices and circumstances
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Bound and Determined: The Smith & Little Story — Part 1
The lives of Ira Little and Marvin Smith were inextricably linked
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Unhinged Alaska: Sometimes humble pie can taste fishy
I was around back when Chinooks invaded the region like a horde of Genghis Khan Horsemen redlined on…
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Minister’s Message: Graduate to this!
The joy and celebration for students is over and the bright future is now met with the reality…
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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: This and that
Organizations are running out of people to keep them going
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This parting was not sweet sorrow — Part 2
The funeral was scheduled for 2 p.m. on May 5, and spring break-up was in full, sloppy bloom…
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Minister’s Message: Boasting only in Christ and the Cross
The Reverend Billy Graham advised every president since Truman during his lifetime
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This parting was not sweet sorrow — Part 1
“Dudley was an easy-going, laid-back sort of guy, always laughing and joking, as well as hard drinking.”
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A Kind and Sensitive Man: The Rex Hanks Story — Part 4
Rex Hanks had a reputation as a forthright, hard-working, inventive and sensitive man
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It’s not always better to give
I was trying to come up with my own words of wisdom to share with my son
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Minister’s Message: Showing compassion beyond crisis mode
Crisis mode, while terrifying, brings out a collective care for one another that is beautiful to witness in…
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Unhinged Alaska: Helpful tips for those contemplating a high seas cruise
It’s not at all unusual being asked by distant relatives if I think it’s safe for them to…
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A Kind and Sensitive Man: The Rex Hanks Story — Part 3
After working and searching for a couple of months, he found property that pleased him near the waterfall…
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A Kind and Sensitive Man: The Rex Hanks Story — Part 2
By the end of 1958, the little graveyard’s inhabitants numbered four.
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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: April is Poetry Month …
T.S. Eliot had it right: April is the cruelest month