Allsup’s Gas Pump & The Post Office

Publisher: dwinger Volume No. 5 Issue No 6 Date Jul. 13, 06
Gruver and the surrounding vicinity have been greatly blessed by rain over the past week. The crops, weeds, and people all seem too responded to this water of life given to us by the Grace of God.
As I was [...]

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Abstinence

Catholics practice abstinence, which is not eating meat, on Fridays during Lent.  I come from a farm and ranch family and culture. If we didn’t have meat and for the most part it needed to be beef there could be a big ruckus.
I had never even thought about going without meat for a entire day. [...]

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Prayer and Papoo

Publisher: dwinger      Volume No.  5      Issue No 3        Date Apr. 26, 06
 

“Learn how to savor how good the Lord is: happy are those who take refuge in him.” Ps 34:9
 
This morning I can’t sleep. It could be because my body is sore from driving tractor and climbing up and down it all day. It wasn’t [...]

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Where is God in all this?

Publisher: dwinger      Volume No.  4      Issue No 25       Date Oct. 25, 05
 

 
As I sit down to compose this edition of Mary Mail, I notice that the last time I wrote was at the end of August. Where has the time gone? I have a good excuse for not writing. I’ve been busy… busy, busy, busy. [...]

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Dress Shoppin, Hay Haulin, & Graduation

Publisher: dwinger      Volume No.  4      Issue No 19       Date Jun. 1, 05
 

 
The couple of weeks have flown by like a whirlwind. I will try and give you a taste.
 
When it comes to teenage girls, I haven’t got a clue. Leigh Anne had the honor of helping with the eighth grade graduation ceremony. I had heard [...]

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Spring Has Sprung

Publisher: dwinger      Volume No.  4      Issue No 16       Date Apr. 28, 05
 

 
 
Whew! It has been a fast and furious couple of weeks. This is a busy time of the year on the farm. For the last couple of weeks, I have been taking my lunch to the field and staying all [...]

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Eucharist

Publisher: dwinger Volume No. 3 Issue No 26 Date Dec. 1, 04

Eucharist means first of all “thanksgiving.” (CCC #1360)

We have just finished celebrating a holiday we call Thanksgiving. The Greek word for thanksgiving is Eucharist. I guess if we lived in Greece we would call the day Eucharist instead of Thanksgiving.

As we celebrated the day [...]

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Lord of the Harvest

Publisher: dwinger Volume No. 3 Issue No 18 Sep. 14, 04

I just got off the combine a little over and hour ago. We have been harvesting corn. Harvest is a special time of the year on the farm. The hours are long and the work conditions aren’t always the best (today the wind blew hard), [...]

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Seeking

Publisher: dwinger Volume No. 3 Issue No 17 Aug. 19, 04

“Those who honor your name trust in you; you never forsake those who seek you, LORD.” (Psalm 9:11)

This Psalm came to mind as I was driving tractor the other day.

Have you ever had an “Ah ha” moment while reading the Bible? The years have quickly [...]

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Sweet Corn Pickin

Publisher: dwinger Volume No. 3 Issue No 15 Jul. 21, 04

“I’m ready for school to start.” Ryan declared as we drove back into town. We had been picking sweet corn, and we were headed back to town so the kids could peddle their produce. I couldn’t help but chuckle to myself and be glad he [...]

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