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Table Salt: Going in circles
The pasture, blanketed in fresh, fluffy snow, enticed the cows to go exploring. Along the hillside, I saw hoof prints looping…
North Point Church finds space to belong, grow, go in Vandalia
Launched in the Community Room of the Vandalia library on Dec. 2, 2018, North Point Community Church has…
Table Salt: Shepherding
My daughters’, Paisley and Lola, worked diligently trying to get a new sheep to nurse her lamb. The aggressive newborn…
Table Salt: Open door
When the winter temperatures drop, we know it is time to close up more barn doors. Shutting doors blocks…
Table Salt: Giving and receiving
A couple we met at church have become sweet friends of our family. Skip and Carolyn are nearing 60…
Table Salt: Enough is enough
When my brothers and I were fighting and fussing around with one another, my mom would break through the chaos with her favorite phrase…
Table Salt: Gift of guilt
My parents were away for the evening and a babysitter was the entertainment for my brothers and I. Our excitement was bubbling over with…
Table Salt: Being the church
December blew in with chilly temperatures and dancing snowflakes. Christmas is just around the corner. I started reviewing our family calendar, penciling in all the Christmas things that we wanted to fit it…