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2023 Year in Review

December 31st, 2023

On this final day of 2023, I find myself awash in reflections and gratitude from the year we've shared together. For what a season it’s been, our joy made ful...

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Christmas Eve at First on Fifth

December 2023: To Dwell Among Us

December 2nd, 2023

I’ve had a recent conversation with one of my children about Santa, the mystery that stirs the imagination about a man who circles the earth in a night, nary ...

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November 2023: The In-Between of November

November 2nd, 2023

Just a couple of nights ago, my family and I drove into Ardmore (our usual Halloween haunt) for some trick-or-treating....

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October 2023: Welcome New Members

October 1st, 2023

Perhaps you have noticed that we have some new members around here. And not just some – to date, we have welcomed 59 new members into the beloved community of...

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September 2023: The Metaphor for Life

September 1st, 2023

As I have attempted to become a half-decent plant parent over these adulting years, I figured that in order to shed my “accidentally kill all the plants that ...

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August 2023: That of Gratitude

August 1st, 2023

When the dear old dad of my oldest friend Anna gave me a hard time last week for turning the ripe old age of 42 -- "that sure sounds like an age when you'd know...

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