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Occasional thoughts on faith and every day life in Michigan and overseas
Ruth's Reflections


Life Lessons from Watercolor
I’ve long loved the look of watercolor painting and wished I could do it myself. Seeing a friend share some of her beginning watercolor...
ruthlemmen
Sep 2, 2020
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My First High Speed Train Trip
I recently took a trip and we traveled by the high speed train, sometimes known as a bullet train. This was my first bullet train ride...
ruthlemmen
May 15, 2015
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It Is Finished
“When he had received the drink, Jesus said, ‘It is finished.” John 19:30 As I look back over the season of Lent, these words are helping...
ruthlemmen
Apr 3, 2015
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2014 Tulip Project
Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like...
ruthlemmen
Jun 2, 2014
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Sunday Prayer: When Things Are Foggy
Faithful God, I’m waiting, wondering, hoping, working. When life seems foggy, and I can’t se through the haze, Help me to wait hopefully,...
ruthlemmen
Jun 1, 2014
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Dust to Dust
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the day the Western church begins the church season of Lent. We remembered that all of us came from dust...
ruthlemmen
Mar 6, 2014
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