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The Day the Pain Started
“We don’t want to talk to you.” The words stopped me in my tracks. I had run over to the usual corner of the playground to play with my friends … but as I approached they all closed their eyes and fell silent. I didn’t know what to say or do. What had I done…
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In Memory of Patty Seibert
Growing up in a small, close-knit farming community was a gift I’m forever grateful for. Anyone with a similar upbringing knows how farming families stick together and support each other through thick and thin. Looking back on my childhood memories, there are several people I’ve known for as long as I can remember – it…
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A Kayak Accident Almost Took His Life: Part Two
In part two of this blog, you’ll hear from my brother Bob Vogel, brother Jim Vogel and some of my own reflections on Jim’s near-death experience kayaking through Clifton Gorge. (If you haven’t read Part One yet, you can read it here.) From the time I learned what happened until the time I heard Jimmy…
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A Kayak Accident Almost Took His Life (Part One)
I’m about to share with you a firsthand account of a near-death experience my brother, Jim Vogel, had 14 years ago while kayaking through Clifton Gorge in John Bryan State Park. I’m so thankful for the words he wrote about his experience soon after the events took place, which will make up the bulk of…
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I Know a Mother
By Laura Germann I know a mother who loves so deeply,Yet she worries about her mistakes,She did her best to raise them up,And she wonders, “Did I have what it takes?” I know a mother who is in the thick of it,Every moment holds a new demand to meet,She’s doing her best to enjoy the…
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Live Like Jersey Bingo: Her Own Kind of Special
Dear Lord, I humbly ask that you bless this event. I pray that your Holy Spirit will be so noticeably present so that everyone there will be able to feel it and be blessed by it. Even those who may not have a relationship with you yet, God, I pray that they will notice that…
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The Day Anxiety Took Over
My pent-up emotions were sweeping over me, but thankfully I’d been able to slip away unnoticed. My vision blurred through the tears as I looked at my surroundings woefully. I was on the verge of a high school breakup, and the impending reality I had been in denial over finally sank in. There was nothing…
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He Said He Would Never Go to Church …
“I will NEVER go to a Baptist church!” he spat out, exasperated. This was how many conversations between my father and mother, Mike and Eloise Vogel, seemed to end up. They had been married for almost 10 years, and with two young boys and a baby on the way, my mom was trying harder than…
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He Lived and Died Doing What He Loved Most
Carson Hughes of Osgood, Indiana, 18 years old. A modern day mountain man of sorts. He spent countless hours of his life hunting for wildlife – and when he found what he was looking for, it wasn’t a firearm he pointed at them, but a high-powered camera lens. Tragically, Carson’s life was cut short just…
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It Could Have Been Us
Sirens were wailing as my little family of five huddled together in the basement. With both daughters in my lap, I wrapped my arms around them and held on tight. “Mommy, I’m scared,” my 7-year-old, Elise, confessed. “Yeah, me too,” my 4-year-old son, Casey, admitted. My husband, Eric, was entranced watching live updates of the…
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