Simply Thankful
story by Laurie Grathen Last year around Thanksgiving I wrote a short post with a little history of the Thanksgiving holiday. This year,...
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myhighplaces22
- Nov 3
- 4 min
Peace Be With You
story by Laurie Grathen Here in Southwest Florida it’s getting to be that time of the year when the temperature drops about 10 degrees to...
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myhighplaces22
- Oct 27
- 8 min
Rick’s Birthday Party
Story by Kristine Barnes April 2002 - Come with me to John’s Island, just south of lovely historic Charleston, SC. My brother Rick, an...
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myhighplaces22
- Oct 17
- 1 min
After 78 stories the well has gone dry - for now.
Sorry folks. I know there are people out there who have God-stories to tell. I'll still be posting Rerun Tuesdays. Thanks to all who...
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myhighplaces22
- Sep 15
- 5 min
Are You a Pollyanna or Mrs. Snow?
Story by Kristine Barnes In 1960 there was a movie, based on a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter, about a young girl who had a...
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myhighplaces22
- Sep 8
- 4 min
Toxic Positivity. Huh??
Story by Laurie Grathen In my post two weeks ago, I recommended you read Dr. Gladys McGarey's book, The Well-Lived Life. I’m doing my...
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myhighplaces22
- Sep 1
- 5 min
Needs and Wants - Getting out of Debt
Story by Randy Grathen “Mom!” “School is starting, I need some new clothes.” “Mom, I need to get one of those new foldable cell phones....
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myhighplaces22
- Aug 18
- 3 min
Clean Underwear and Ibuprofen…
and the Joy of Good Clean Fun - August 2017. Story by Laurie Grathen Growing up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, some of my most vivid good...
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myhighplaces22
- Aug 11
- 4 min
Angels Watching Over Us
Story by Randy Grathen If you've ever owned a boat or travel trailer you'll understand. Laurie and I have been around boats since we were...
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myhighplaces22
- Aug 4
- 4 min
'He Didn’t Mean to Do It’
Story by - Michelle Dismute For years, Michelle was furious at the drunk driver responsible for the crash that killed her son Nick. Now,...
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myhighplaces22
- Jul 28
- 5 min
Is It Ok For Christians To Play The Lottery?
Story by Randy Grathen My wife Laurie wrote a blog post recently about her and a friend musing over all the things they could do if they...
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myhighplaces22
- Jul 21
- 5 min
Fifty Years in the Making
Story by Randy Grathen There were so many God things that happened both in the years leading up to moving to Florida and with the actual...
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myhighplaces22
- Jul 14
- 5 min
Road trip like Christian walk -
Journey to Wisconsin in our red Cadillac Story by Kristine Barnes When I take a long road trip, with a specific destination, like a...
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myhighplaces22
- Jul 7
- 2 min
I Can’t Do This Alone - It’s Not About Me
Well folks, I've run out of stories/testimonials about God's goodness and miraculous interventions in my life. I've shared my thoughts...
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myhighplaces22
- Jun 30
- 5 min
Faith in Marriage
By Carol Mithers Is a common spiritual bond critical to marital health and happiness? When Liz Hammer began dating her husband, Brian, at...
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myhighplaces22
- Jun 23
- 6 min
"Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, this is Swan 23"
Story by Randy Grathen WC-130E Weather Reconnaissance Planes One of the best jobs I had in the Air Force was flying typhoon missions....
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myhighplaces22
- Jun 16
- 4 min
Just a Coincidence?
Story by: Randy Grathen God knows the end from the beginning... He (Zacchaeus) ran ahead to a place where Jesus would come, and he...
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myhighplaces22
- Jun 4
- 5 min
Be Thankful You Were Not One of Jesus’s Chosen Twelve
Thank you, Tina Campbell & Jeremy Spring for your invaluable contribution to this story. No modern secular historian would challenge the...
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myhighplaces22
- Jun 2
- 4 min
Why Did Jesus Say It?
Story by Randy Grathen When Laurie and I moved to Camdenton, Missouri we started church shopping. We attended several. Organ music with a...
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myhighplaces22
- May 26
- 4 min
Redneck Wisdom - an Oxymoron
story by Randy Grathen Things I’ve learned... Wisdom - There are only two ways to get it. Live long enough, or hang out with someone...
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