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New Birth in a Nursing Home

I like talking with older folks. When I retired from working in a local nursing home, it was natural for me to continue relationships with the elderly residents I knew there. I signed up as a volunteer and began visiting once a week to build friendships and, I hoped, to study the Bible with residents. A […]

Ellie Gilmore
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May 9, 2018

A Seed Bursts into Life

You never know when a seed you have planted will take root and grow. Just as planting literal seeds doesn’t produce instant results, it sometimes takes patience to see signs of spiritual life. That is true with my friend Barbara. Barbara had come to Pennsylvania from the Dominican Republic with her husband, an expert in […]

Ellie Gilmore
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April 18, 2018