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Clearing Clutter: Making Space for What Matters

Post author By Andrew Conard
Post date January 18, 2026
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Many of us started January with ambitious plans. We were going to organize that garage, finally tackle the closet stuffed with clothes we haven’t worn in years, or create a filing system for all those papers scattered across the kitchen counter. Maybe we even bought storage containers and labels, feeling virtuous about our commitment to […]

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Easter Morning: Discovering Life Beyond Death

Post author By Andrew Conard
Post date April 20, 2025
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There’s something deeply hopeful about this morning’s soaking rain after our long dry spell. We’ve just experienced the 9th driest March on record over the past 131 years, with rainfall over 1.6 inches below normal. In fact, this has been the 15th driest year to date, with precipitation more than two inches below what we […]