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Overcoming Deafness by Listening to God - Conclusion

Posted by Gayle Raif on Mar 28, 2013

Three years after John and I married, he was let go from Gallaudet because they were replacing hearing administrators (even if they signed fluently) with those who were deaf.  Seven months later he was offered the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs at a small college in Dover...

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Overcoming Deafness by Listening to God - Part 5

Posted by Gayle Raif on Mar 26, 2013

Mark’s teachers said they knew by his behavior when he had talked with his dad.  But Art didn’t limit his influence just to the telephone.  He came to Maryland, ostensibly to spend the weekend with Mark.  Later that night, as I was getting into my car, I found papers...

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Overcoming Deafness by Listening to God - Part 4

Posted by Gayle Raif on Mar 12, 2013

As we left Texas and drove toward Washington, I felt free. It seemed that God was giving me a second chance at life that was 180 degrees from my previous 49 years. The drive through Virginia was Christmas card beautiful.  Sparkling snow covered the mountains and pine trees, smoke curled out...

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The word “Lent” comes from the Anglo- Saxon word “lencten” the time of the year when days grow longer. The season begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Saturday before Easter (Holy Saturday.) The period of Lent covers 40 days excluding Sundays since every Sunday is a “little Easter.” We are reminded of Jesus’ forty days spent in the wilderness and the temptation by Satan before Jesus began his ministry.

 

 

Lent is:

A time to look at the things we do that are wrong or that tempt us, asking God's and other people's forgiveness;

A time for giving up things that keep us from loving God and God's people fully;

A time for taking on disciplines that will help us grow closer to God;

A time to be more aware of what it means for God to love us unconditionally;

A time to root ourselves more deeply in the salvation we have in Christ.  

 

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