Weekend Reflection: Love Notes

Church. Tapuamu, Tahaa. 2004 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.2 Serve the Lord with gladness;Come before Him with joyful singing.3 Know that the Lord Himself is God;It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.4 Enter His gates with thanksgivingAnd His courts […]


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market share and poverty

looking at world stock market cap: 2000:  US 48.8 Europe 30.5 Asia/Pacific 15.9 Americas x US 4.0 Africa/Mideast 0.8 2012 US 33.5 Europe 23.1 Asia/Pacific 32.3 Americas X US 8.2 Africa/Mideast 2.9 — Best regards, Sheila sheilalagrand.com


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Love Comes in Bytes and Pixels

My Daughter, Her Son, My Dad, His Bride Extending Our Reach Today is the day we honor love. My husband  reserved a table at our favorite restaurant; he booked it via the restaurant’s website. I posted Valentine wishes on my daughter’s Facebook page (yesterday, because in Guam it’s tomorrow). My e-mail this morning delivered a lovely […]


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Barehearted

Barefoot. Tahaa, French Polynesia, 2004. Bare Feet and Holy HomesWhen I lived on Tahaa, I quickly learned to count the pile of sandals on a doorstep to determine how many people shared the home. My sister there wore dainty little red flip-flops. I knew I was settling in the day I caught myself turning back […]


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Still Waters

5 And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” 6 Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who […]


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